retrieval
noun/ɹɪˈtɹiːvəl/
1
The act of retrieving or something retrieved.
- Search dogs assisted in the retrieval of survivors.
2
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences The operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device.
- The system allows rapid retrieval of archived documents.
- data retrieval
1 more example
- document retrieval
3
The cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness.
- information retrieval
- Derived terms
- document retrieval, information retrieval, postretrieval, preretrieval, text retrieval