Noun
- 1. retrieval, computer operation, machine operation
- usage: (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
- 2. retrieval, memory, remembering
- usage: the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people's names is very poor"
- 3. recovery, retrieval, act, deed, human action, human activity
- usage: the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
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