retrieval

English Thesaurus

1. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	act, deed, human action, human activity,
definition	:	something that people do or cause to happen (noun.tops)

hyponym	:	repossession,
definition	:	the action of regaining possession (especially the seizure of collateral securing a loan that is in default) (noun.act)

hyponym	:	reclamation,
definition	:	the recovery of useful substances from waste products (noun.act)

hyponym	:	deliverance, delivery, rescue, saving,
definition	:	recovery or preservation from loss or danger (noun.act)

hyponym	:	ransom,
definition	:	the act of freeing from captivity or punishment (noun.act)

hyponym	:	recapture, retaking,
definition	:	the act of taking something back (noun.act)

2. the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	memory, remembering,
definition	:	the cognitive processes whereby past experience is remembered (noun.cognition)

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

hypernym	:	computer operation, machine operation,
definition	:	an elementary operation that a computer is designed and built to perform (noun.process)

hyponym	:	stovepiping,
definition	:	retrieval of information from unconnected databases; the situation that exists when it is necessary to climb out of one database in order to climb down into another; sometimes used for protection against wandering hackers (noun.process)

domain category	:	computer science, computing,
definition	:	the branch of engineering science that studies (with the aid of computers) computable processes and structures (noun.cognition)

4. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) (noun.act)

derivation	:	find, recover, regain, retrieve,
definition	:	get or find back; recover the use of (verb.possession)

5. the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think,
definition	:	recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection (verb.cognition)

6. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) (noun.act)

derivation	:	find, recover, regain, retrieve,
definition	:	get or find back; recover the use of (verb.possession)

7. the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	call back, call up, recall, recollect, remember, retrieve, think,
definition	:	recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection (verb.cognition)