Meanings
nouninformation retrieval (uncountable)
- uncountablecomputingThe science of searching for information in documents, searching for documents themselves, searching for metadata which describe documents, or searching within databases, whether relational stand-alone databases or hypertextually-networked databases such as the World Wide Web.
Translations
Chinese Mandarin 信息檢索 /信息检索, 資訊檢索 /资讯检索
- 信息檢索 /信息检索 (xìnxī jiǎnsuǒ)science of searching
- 資訊檢索 /资讯检索 (zīxùn jiǎnsuǒ)science of searching
Finnish tiedonhaku
- tiedonhakuscience of searching
French recherche d'information
- recherche d'informationscience of searching
Japanese 情報検索
- 情報検索 (jōhō-kensaku)science of searching
Korean 정보 검색
- 정보 검색 (jeongbo geomsaek)science of searching
Russian информацио́нный по́иск
- информацио́нный по́иск (informaciónnyj póisk)science of searching
Swedish informationsåtervinning
- informationsåtervinningscience of searching
Cite this entry
APA
information retrieval. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/information%20retrieval
MLA
“information retrieval.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/information%20retrieval. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “information retrieval,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/information%20retrieval.
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