And astronomers are just as likely to point a software query-tool at a digital sky survey as to point a telescope at the stars.

ECONOMIST: Technology

In 1996 MicroStrategy brought out its first product allowing users, via the Web or an intranet, to query a database without special desktop software.

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The software also makes it easier to sort and query the database.

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