Associations to the word «Retrieval»

Wiktionary

RETRIEVAL, noun. The act of retrieving or something retrieved
RETRIEVAL, noun. (computing) the operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device
RETRIEVAL, noun. The cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness

Dictionary definition

RETRIEVAL, noun. (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory.
RETRIEVAL, noun. The cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people's names is very poor".
RETRIEVAL, noun. The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost).

Wise words

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King