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information retrieval

NOUN
computer data storage and retrieval
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“But we’ve come to the view that this is the best and only way to facilitate an effective information retrieval and provision process, and the best way to help Northern Ireland move further along the road to reconciliation,” he said.

From Seattle Times

Science reports that “core progress in AI has stalled in some fields,” such as information retrieval and product recommendation.

From Scientific American

They transcribed the songs with Western notation, cataloged them with music information retrieval software and had 30 expert musicologists and hundreds of laypersons listen to and make annotations for excitement and pleasantness and other qualities.

From Scientific American

Where training is most needed is for the simple task of information retrieval.

From Nature

Some test questions, like this one from the eighth-grade exam, required little more than information retrieval:

From New York Times