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information retrieval

noun

Definition of information retrieval

: the techniques of storing and recovering and often disseminating recorded data especially through the use of a computerized system

Examples of information retrieval in a Sentence

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 At one point, Justice Sonia Sotomayor asked Microsoft’s attorney, E. Joshua Rosenkranz, how the information retrieval worked. — Washington Post, "Supreme Court grapples with access to globalized data in U.S. investigations," 27 Feb. 2018

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First Known Use of information retrieval

1950, in the meaning defined above

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