retrieval

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈtɹiːvəl/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Audio (US):

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Noun

retrieval (countable and uncountable, plural retrievals)

1. The act of retrieving or something retrieved.

   Search dogs assisted in the retrieval of survivors.

2. (computing) The operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device.

   The system allows rapid retrieval of archived documents.

   data retrieval

   document retrieval

3. The cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness.

   information retrieval

Derived terms

• document retrieval
• information retrieval
• postretrieval
• preretrieval
• text retrieval

Translations

act of retrieving — see also recovery,‎ recuperation

• Bulgarian: възвръщане n (vǎzvrǎštane)
• Finnish: nouto (fi), haku (fi)
• French: récupération (fr) f
• Italian: recupero (it) m, salvataggio (it) m
• Romanian: recuperare (ro) f
• Spanish: entregamiento (es) m, diñamiento m