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Retrieval   /rɪtrˈivəl/  /ritrˈivəl/   Listen
Retrieval

noun
1.
(computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory.
2.
The cognitive operation of accessing information in memory.
3.
The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost).  Synonym: recovery.



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"Retrieval" Quotes from Famous Books



... /n./ A collection of {fortune cookie}s in a format that facilitates retrieval by a fortune program. There are several different cookie files in public distribution, and site admins often assemble their own from various sources including ...
— The Jargon File, Version 4.0.0
... governs. And if failure and death had in fact choked the path that promised so fair, clear of regret, free of reproaches, glad even of the losses that proved how love had once blessed her, she would have buried the dead, and worked for the retrieval of fortune. ...
— The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 86, December, 1864 • Various


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