retrieval
Noun
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referred to in: computer science, computing - the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structuresis a type of: computer operation, machine operation - an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to performsubtypes: stovepiping - retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another; sometimes used for protection against wandering hackers
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is a type of: memory, remembering - the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered
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subtypes:
- repossession - the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default)
- reclamation - the recovery of useful substances from waste products
- deliverance, delivery, rescue, saving - recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- ransom - the act of freeing from captivity or punishment
- recapture, retaking - the act of taking something back
same as: recovery
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