Definition of information retrieval in English:

noun

• The tracing and recovery of specific information from stored data.

  as modifier ‘an information retrieval system’

  More example sentences

  • ‘The Centre long ago realized the importance of information retrieval systems on the Internet, including the distribution of in-house preprints, yearly activities and public access catalogs.’
  • ‘This process is sometimes known as machine understanding, a multidisciplinary endeavor involving information retrieval, linguistics and artificial intelligence.’
  • ‘These organizations had learned the hard way about information systems and information retrieval.’
  • ‘The technologies we now use are an outgrowth of early, computerized information retrieval programs.’
  • ‘Without intelligent indexing, a database is little better than a filesystem for information retrieval.’