A search based on human language parameters, such as "display all red cars made by Ford," instead of using SQL.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A query to a database system that is composed in a subset of natural language, such as English or Japanese. The query must conform to some restrictive syntax rules in order to be parsed.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            a query submitted to a retrieval system using a word, phrase, sentence, paragraph, or other collection of text taken from a natural language. Usually the system considers only the words and their frequencies and does not understand the query.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                                                     
                        
                        
                            a request for data that is set forth in a natural language, such as English, Japanese, French, etc
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A question that you ask, using normal language, such as "What is the population of Arkansas?" The computer then translates the question into a format that it can understand.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            A question posed to a database in ordinary English rather than as a SQL statement.
                                                            
                                                     
                        
                                                
                        
                        
                            n. A query to a database system that is composed in a subset of a natural language, such as English or Japanese. The query must conform to some restrictive syntax rules so that the system can parse it. See also parse, syntax.