1) Computer operation 2) Fetching of something 3) Machine operation 4) Recapture 5) Recovery 6) Repossession 7) Rescue 8) Salvage 1) Deliverance 2) Recovery 3) Repossession 4) Rescue 5) Retaking 6) Stovepiped 7) Stovepiping 
• (n.) The act retrieving.
the procedure for ensuring that signal messages are not lost during change-over
The act of accessing the information stored in memory.
The third stage in the memory process, after encoding and storage, involving mental processes associated with bringing stored information back into consciousness. ... See: memory. ... (05 Mar 2000) ... 
(re-tre´vәl) in psychology, the process of obtaining memory information from wherever it has been stored.
Re·triev'al noun The act retrieving. 
Finding information in a book or body of material, such as bibliographical data stored in a database
Type: Term Pronunciation: rē-trē′văl Definitions: 1. The third stage in the memory process, after encoding and storage, involving mental processes associated with bringing stored information back into consciousness.
[n] - (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer`s memory 2. [n] - the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
noun the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory; `my retrieval of people`s names is very poor`
The recovery of stored information from memory.