Retrieval

//ɹɪˈtɹiːvəl// noun

noun ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    The act of retrieving or something retrieved. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) wordnet
  3. 3
    The operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device. countable, uncountable
  4. 4
    the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory wordnet
  5. 5
    The cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness. countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory wordnet

Synonyms

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recoverydeliverancedeliveryextricationfreeingliberation

Example

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"As yardsticks to measure the effectiveness of information retrieval there exist those called 'recall ratio' and 'precision ratio'."

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document retrievalinformation retrievaltext retrieval

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