information retrieval
activity of obtaining information resources relevant to an information need from a collection of information resources
data retrieval
obtaining data from a database management system, often using a query with a set of criteria
data extraction
act or process of retrieving data out of (usually unstructured or poorly structured) data sources for further data processing or data storage (data migration)
browsing
exploratory use of an information system
cross-language information retrieval
retrieval of Information in different languages
information extraction
automatically extracting structured information from un- or semi-structured machine-readable documents, such as human language texts
legal information retrieval
science of information retrieval applied to legal text, including legislation, case law, and scholarly works
Geographic information retrieval
Technologies for discovering content about a place
search algorithm
any algorithm which solves the search problem, namely, to retrieve information stored within some data structure, or calculated in the search space of a problem domain, either with discrete or continuous values
faceted search
method of information retrieval by filtering on multiple properties in a data set
linear search
search algorithm in unsorted lists
marketing research
branch of research for business management, studying markets and economic opportunities
fuzzy retrieval
information retrieval technique
private information retrieval
information retrieval husing cryptography
pearl growing
type of information retrieval
random access
ability to access an arbitrary element of a sequence in equal time
sequential access
method of retrieving and processing information in the order stored
polling
actively sampling the status of an external device by a client program as a synchronous activity