retrieval

Plural: retrievals

Noun

• (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
• the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
  • "my retrieval of people's names is very poor"
• the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
• the act of retrieving or something retrieved
• the operation of accessing data, either from memory or from a storage device
• the cognitive process of bringing stored information into consciousness

Synonyms

recovery