retrieval

n. act of retrieving; act of bringing back, restoration; act of finding information and sending it to the user as output (Computers)

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Retrieval /re·triev·al/ in psychology, the process of obtaining memory information from wherever it has been stored. re·triev·al n. [more]Retrieval - Community and Resources

Noun
1. (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
(hypernym) computer operation, machine operation
(hyponym) stovepiping
(classification) computer science, computing
2. the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; "my retrieval of people's names is very poor"
(hypernym) memory, remembering
(derivation) remember, retrieve, recall, call back, call up, recollect, think
3. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
(synonym) recovery
(hypernym) deed, feat, effort, exploit
(hyponym) repossession
(derivation) recover, retrieve, find, regain

(n.)
The act retrieving.