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retrieval

retrieval

17 4.9
Getting information from a computer's memory or storage
  • noun
  • /rɪˈtrivəl/
  • Specialized
translation icon : recuperación
  • Data vaults and document management provide for storage and retrieval of product information.
  • information retrieval
  • storage and retrieval
  • lexical retrieval

Have you ever seen a card based retrieval system?

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Examples

  • The function of library classification systems goes beyond the location and retrieval of books.

    Academic text (2013)
  • A 486 industrial computer allows instant storage and retrieval for thousands of welds.

    Academic text (1996)
  • And that is called the document retrieval problem or document retrieval data structure.

  • The authors believe instead that the key to better information retrieval is to improve content description.

    Academic text (2015)
  • This is Information Retrieval, not Information Dispersal.

  • We have advanced to an astonishing degree in our capacity for data retrieval and for transmission.

  • Technology had made the collection, storage, and retrieval of multimedia work both easy and affordable.

    Academic text (2001)
  • Expert systems do more than automate data retrieval, integrate models, or supply general information.

    Academic text (1993)
  • The new software significantly enhances data retrieval from our server, making it faster and more efficient.

  • With the latest techniques, information retrieval has become nearly instantaneous for users accessing the database.

Synonyms

recall
vsretrieval
25 2.8

Ability to remember things you learned

refers to obtaining stored data from a computer's memory or storage system

Antonyms

54 3.0

The act of getting rid of something you do not want

Compounds

A database from the US National Library of Medicine for finding information about medical research articles

How Successful

retrieval
  • Specialized
17 4.9
unsuccessful
76 2.9

Surface Forms

retrieval singular
retrievals plural

Morphology

retrieval = retrieve (transparent) = retrieve + al

This is a standard noun formation from the verb 'retrieve', meaning the act or process of retrieving.

Etymology

Retrieval comes from the verb retrieve, which has the prefix re- meaning 'back' and a root that means 'to pull', the same idea you see in tractor. In computing, think of retrieval as 'pulling back' stored data so you can use it now.