data recovery

noun

The process of retrieving deleted, inaccessible, lost, corrupted, damaged, or formatted data from secondary storage, removable media or files, when the data stored in them cannot be accessed in the usual way.

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Meanings

noundata recovery (countable and uncountable, plural data recoveries)

plural data recoveries

  1. countableuncountablecomputingThe process of retrieving deleted, inaccessible, lost, corrupted, damaged, or formatted data from secondary storage, removable media or files, when the data stored in them cannot be accessed in the usual way.
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APA

data recovery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20recovery

MLA

“data recovery.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20recovery. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “data recovery,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/data%20recovery.

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