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Webster 1913 Edition


Retrieval

Re-triev′al

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Noun.
The act retrieving.

Definition 2024


retrieval

retrieval

English

Noun

retrieval (plural retrievals)

  1. the act of retrieving or something retrieved
  2. (computing) the operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device
  3. the cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness

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