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retrieval

re·triev·al [ ri trv'l ]


noun 
Definition:
 
1. recovery of something: the act of getting something back, or a particular occasion on which this is done

2. possibility of being restored: the possibility of something being brought back, saved, or restored to an original condition
Their business seemed beyond retrieval.

3. comput data access: the process of reading data from a storage device and returning it to the program or device that requested it

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