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past retrieval — beyond/past/retrieval phrase impossible to put back into a normal or satisfactory condition The whole situation was beyond retrieval, so I just left. Thesaurus: in a bad conditionhyponym condition of somethingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

retrieval — re|triev|al [ rı trivl ] noun uncount 1. ) the process of getting something back that was lost or not in its usual place: the retrieval of cargo from the sunken ship 2. ) COMPUTING the process of getting back information stored inside a computer… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

retrieval — noun (U) 1 technical the process of getting back information from a computer system: information retrieval | a retrieval system 2 (U) the act of getting back something you have lost or left somewhere 3 be beyond/past retrieval if a situation is… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

retrieval — UK [rɪˈtriːv(ə)l] / US [rɪˈtrɪv(ə)l] noun [uncountable] 1) the process of getting something back that was lost or not in its usual place the retrieval of cargo from the sunken ship 2) computing the process of getting back information stored… …   English dictionary

retrieval — re|triev|al [rıˈtri:vəl] n [U] 1.) technical the process of getting back information stored on a computer system ▪ a new system that should speed up information retrieval 2.) the act of getting back something you have lost or left somewhere 3.)… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

beyond retrieval — beyond/past/retrieval phrase impossible to put back into a normal or satisfactory condition The whole situation was beyond retrieval, so I just left. Thesaurus: in a bad conditionhyponym condition of somethingsynonym Main entry …   Useful english dictionary

Information 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… …   Wikipedia

Text Retrieval Conference — The Text REtrieval Conference (TREC) is an on going series of workshops focusing on a list of different information retrieval (IR) research areas, or tracks. It is co sponsored by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and the… …   Wikipedia

Existence (Philosophy of) 1 — Philosophy of existence 1 Heidegger Jacques Taminiaux At the very outset and up to the end, the long philosophical journey of Martin Heidegger (1889–1976) remained oriented by a single question, the question of Being, the Seinsfrage. This does… …   History of philosophy

Dynamic decision-making — (DDM) is interdependent decision making that takes place in an environment that changes over time either due to the previous actions of the decision maker or due to events that are outside of the control of the decision maker.[1][2] In this sense …   Wikipedia

Beyond Recall (novel) — infobox Book | name = Beyond Recall title orig = Unwiederbringlich translator = Douglas Parmée. image caption = author = Theodor Fontane cover artist = country = Germany language = German series = genre = Novel publisher = Verlag Wilhelm Hertz… …   Wikipedia