1. (noun) the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

• recovery

1. (noun) (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory

• computer operation
• machine operation

2. (noun) the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory

• memory
• remembering

3. (noun) the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

• act
• deed
• human action
• human activity

1. (noun) (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory

• computer science
• computing

1. (noun) (computer science) the operation of accessing information from the computer's memory

• stovepiping

2. (noun) the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

• deliverance
• delivery
• rescue
• saving
• ransom
• recapture
• retaking
• reclamation
• repossession

1. (noun) the cognitive operation of accessing information in memory

• call back
• call up
• recall
• recollect
• remember
• retrieve
• think

2. (noun) the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost)

• find
• find
• recover
• recover
• regain
• regain
• retrieve
• retrieve