The extended string of a URL after the standard Web site address. This data begins with a question mark and usually contains the search information requested by the user. The Web site uses this "string" to provide the requested information to the user.

The parameters passed to an HTTP server as part of a URL. A query string is used with the GET method and, in a URL, follows the resource location and name.

A Query String is the portion of a URL that is used to "pass variables" to a Web server. It begins with a question mark and is comprised of Name-Value Pairs of Parameters and their values. Example: This is a URL without a Query String: http://www.example.com/products/product5.html And this is a URL with a Query String: http://www.example.com/products/show.asp?productID=1&c1=ppc&source=adwords&kw=widgets In this example the query string is?productID=1&c1=ppc&source=adwords&kw=widgets An example name-value pair is productID=1 (the parameter is " productID" and the value is ""). There are four name-value pairs and these are separated by ampersands. If you wanted to add an additional name-value pair you would simply place another ampersand and a name-value pair at the end of the Query String.

a data container appended to your url address

a part of a dynamic URL that containes a variable name and value

a series of name/value pairs following a question mark at the end of a standard URL

a string of characters at the end of a URL that pass important information to the URL

a string of information tagged on to the end of a URL following a question mark

an optional part of a URL that contains one or more name/value pairs, preceded by a question mark. The name/value pairs are sent as input to a program component.

As used in this document, a query string refers to the part of a URL which appears after a question mark (?). The query string has a standard format which is understood by applications such as search engines.

This is extra information at the end of the URL that directs the web server script to behave a certain way. It is the text after the question mark (?).

A query string (or search string) is an optional part of a URL that goes after the file name and begins with a question mark (?). This part contains additional variables used by the web application - for example the url http://www.domain.com/file.php?myvalue=1 contains one parameter called "myvalue" which is equal to 1.

Your input to a server on the Internet. For example, when you perform a search on Yahoo!, you'll see a question mark in the URL, followed by some strange text-string. Everything after that question mark belongs to the query string. A query string is data input for the CGI script on that particular Internet server.

In the World Wide Web, a query string is the part of a URL that contains data to be passed to CGI programs.