The act of retrieving or something retrieved
The word "retrieval" is correct and usable in written English. You can use it when referring to the process or act of regaining or retrieving something or when trying to gain access to memories or data. For example: "The retrieval of information from the data storage system was successful.".
It is versatile, requiring only a single laser beam and could be used in controlling atmospheric pollution or for the retrieval of tiny, delicate or dangerous particles for sampling.
But the outcome is a lot of very similar object retrieval tasks.
Others think it unduly burdens freedom of expression and information retrieval.
According to a recent estimate from Analysys, a telecoms consultancy, global revenues from location-based services will reach $18 billion by 2006 a figure that is regarded as conservative by many in the industry.Mr Townsend notes that cities are, in a sense, vast information storage and retrieval systems, in which different districts and neighbourhoods are organised by activity or social group.
Her tag-based retrieval system, called Flamenco, can be seen online.Ironically, the search-based metaphor also allows folders to be reincarnated in a new and more useful form.
She explains how the discovery of mummies with Caucasian features in north-west China has pitted nationalists against western academics, and how efforts to film the retrieval of mummies from Andean mountain-tops caused a conflict between scientists and commercial interests.
In addition, "tens of millions of pounds" are spent each year in London alone on data storage and retrieval to satisfy a requirement that banks' client and transaction data be kept for five to seven years.
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