retrieval

/ri'tri:vəl/

Thân thiện

Definition

Noun: 1. The act of getting something back: The process of finding and bringing something back, especially something that was lost, stored, or in danger. 2. The process of remembering: The cognitive act of accessing and bringing information stored in your memory to your conscious mind. 3. (Computer Science) Accessing stored data: The operation of locating and reading data from a computer's storage system or memory.

Usage

• Retrieval is commonly used in formal, technical, or academic contexts.
• It often describes a successful or attempted action of recovery.
• It is frequently modified by words specifying what is being retrieved (e.g., , , ).

Examples

1. Act of getting something back:

   • The retrieval of the stolen artwork was a major victory for the museum.
   • After the crash, teams worked on the retrieval of the flight recorder.
   • The retrieval process for items from the lost and found is straightforward.

2. Process of remembering:

   • Her retrieval of childhood memories was triggered by the familiar smell.
   • The test measures the speed and accuracy of memory retrieval.
   • Stress can severely impair the retrieval of even well-known facts.

3. (Computer Science) Accessing stored data:

   • The database's fast retrieval time makes it very efficient.
   • Search engines are built on complex algorithms for information retrieval.
   • The retrieval of the archived files took several minutes.

Advanced Usage

• Beyond retrieval: An idiom meaning something is lost forever and cannot be recovered or fixed.
  • The ancient manuscript was damaged beyond retrieval in the fire.
• Information Retrieval (IR): A major field of computer science focused on searching for information within documents and databases.

Variants and Related Words

• Retrieve (verb): To get or bring something back; to find and return data.
  • He went to retrieve his ball from the neighbor's yard.
  • The system can retrieve files in seconds.
• Retrievable (adjective): Capable of being retrieved.
  • All customer data is stored in a retrievable format.

Synonyms

• Recovery
• Recapture
• Recollection
• Recall
• Access (in computing contexts)

Antonyms

• Loss
• Forgetting
• Amnesia
• Deletion (in computing contexts)

Học thuật

Noun

1. the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
2. the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
   • my retrieval of people's names is very poor
3. (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory

Từ đồng nghĩa

• recovery