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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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