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retrieve
[ri′trēv](computer science)
To find and select specific information.
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Retrieve
To get back again; regain, revive; to make good, put right, rectify.
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Retrieve
(language)A query language inspired JPLDIS which led to Vulcan and then to dBASE II, developed by Tymshare Corp in the 1960s.
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