query string

English

Noun

query string (plural query strings)

1. (Internet) A sequence of data appended to a URL to supply input parameters in the form of name-value pairs.

   The site works when we visit example.com/q, but fails when we visit example.com/q?name=Smith. There must be a problem processing the query string.

Translations

A sequence of data appended to a URL to supply input parameters in the form of name-value pairs