- retrieval - (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
--1 is a kind of computer operation, machine operation
--1 has particulars: stovepiping- retrieval - the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people's names is very poor"
--2 is a kind of memory, remembering
Derived form: verb retrieve3 - recovery, retrieval - the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
--3 is a kind of deed, feat, effort, exploit
--3 has particulars:repossession; reclamation; rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving; ransom; recapture, retaking Derived form: verb retrieve1 - retrieval - the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people's names is very poor"