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retrieval


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Retrieval  \Re*triev"al\,  n. 
  The  act  retrieving. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  retrieval 
  n  1:  (computer  science)  the  operation  of  accessing  information 
  from  the  computer's  memory 
  2:  the  cognitive  operation  of  accessing  information  in  memory; 
  "my  retrieval  of  people's  names  is  very  poor" 
  3:  the  act  of  regaining  or  saving  something  lost  (or  in  danger 
  of  becoming  lost)  [syn:  {recovery}] 




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