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• quarantine
  To place a virus in a location where it is neutralised before deletion.
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• query
  A question asked of the data in a database. The query is structured so that the answer is either true or false. To answer a query the computer must check each record of the data to see if the answer is true. The result of the query is a list of all the data which satisfies the query. Querying a database is also referred to as interrogating the database, selecting data or searching for data.
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• query language
  Simplified programming languages restricted to querying databases.
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• queue
  A type of list where any new item is added to one end, and items are deleted from the other.
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• quit
  To exit a program.