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retrieval
noun
The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
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noun
The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
noun
The cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
“My retrieval of people's names is very poor”
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(computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
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My retrieval of people's names is very poor
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