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retrieve
To call up data that has been stored in a computer system. When a user queries a database, the data are retrieved into the computer first and then transmitted to the screen.
retrieve [ri′trēv]
(computer science)
To find and select specific information.

(language)Retrieve - A query language inspired JPLDIS which led to Vulcan and then to dBASE II, developed by Tymshare Corp in the 1960s.


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It's all retrievably stored," Shepard said, noting none of it is in a landfill.
 
 
 
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