to retrieve information (from a computer)

  • 1information — n. 1) to furnish, give, offer, provide information 2) to collect, dig up, find, gather; extract information 3) to classify information 4) to divulge, leak information 5) to declassify information 6) to feed information (into a computer) 7) to… …

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  • 2retrieve — [[t]rɪtri͟ːv[/t]] retrieves, retrieving, retrieved 1) VERB If you retrieve something, you get it back from the place where you left it. [V n] He reached over and retrieved his jacket from the back seat... [V n] The men were trying to retrieve… …

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  • 3Computer security compromised by hardware failure — is a branch of computer security applied to hardware. The objective of computer security includes protection of information and property from theft, corruption, or natural disaster, while allowing the information and property to remain accessible …

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  • 4retrieve — re‧trieve [rɪˈtriːv] verb [transitive] 1. COMPUTING to get back information that has been stored in a computer: • The application stores and retrieves data according to the user s requirements. • To retrieve a file, double click on it using the …

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  • 5Computer science — or computing science (abbreviated CS) is the study of the theoretical foundations of information and computation and of practical techniques for their implementation and application in computer systems. Computer scientists invent algorithmic… …

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  • 6information processing — Acquisition, recording, organization, retrieval, display, and dissemination of information. Today the term usually refers to computer based operations. Information processing consists of locating and capturing information, using software to… …

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  • 7computer — computerlike, adj. /keuhm pyooh teuhr/, n. 1. Also called processor. an electronic device designed to accept data, perform prescribed mathematical and logical operations at high speed, and display the results of these operations. Cf. analog… …

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  • 8Information science — Not to be confused with Information theory. Contents 1 Introduction 2 A multitude of information sciences? 3 Definitions of information science 4 History …

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  • 9Information retrieval — This article is about information retrieval in general. For the fictional government department, see Brazil (film). Information retrieval (IR) is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, for information within documents, and for… …

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  • 10Computer virus — Not to be confused with Malware. A computer virus is a computer program that can replicate itself[1] and spread from one computer to another. The term virus is also commonly but erroneously used to refer to other types of malware, including but… …

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