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Retrieval (Noun)

The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost).

Nouns denoting acts or actions.

The search party launched a retrieval effort to find the missing hiker in the mountains.
After the fire, the retrieval of valuable family photos from the damaged album was a painstaking process.
The salvage team was involved in the retrieval of goods from the cargo ship that sank in the harbor.
In times of natural disaster, emergency services focus on the retrieval of survivors trapped in the rubble.
A delicate retrieval operation was necessary to recover the artwork from the bombed-out museum in the war-torn city.

(computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory.

Nouns denoting natural processes.

The database management system uses a complex algorithm for data retrieval to ensure efficient access to large amounts of information.
The retrieval of data from the hard drive was slow due to the mechanical failure of the disk's read/write head.
The computer's memory retrieval system is designed to minimize the time it takes to access frequently used data.
The programmer optimized the code for faster data retrieval by using a more efficient indexing method.
The retrieval of information from the database was hindered by the lack of a proper query language.

The cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people's names is very poor".

Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents.