query layer
query layer
[′kwir·ē ‚lā·ər] (computer science)
A program that mediates between data sources on the World Wide Web and a user's query by breaking the query into subqueries against each information source and then gathering together the results for presentation to the user.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.