Retrieval

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Retrieval \Re*triev"al\, n.
     The act retrieving.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  33 Moby Thesaurus words for "retrieval":
     deliverance, delivery, extrication, freeing, liberation,
     lifesaving, ransom, recapture, reclaiming, reclamation, recoup,
     recoupment, recovery, recuperation, redemption, regainment,
     release, reoccupation, replevin, replevy, repossession, rescue,
     restoration, resumption, retake, retaking, retrieve, revindication,
     revival, salvage, salvation, saving, trover