Retrieval
WordNet
noun
(1) The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)
(2) The cognitive operation of accessing information in memory
"My retrieval of people's names is very poor"
(3) (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory
WiktionaryText
Noun
- 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