{"id":13469,"date":"2014-05-22T14:34:20","date_gmt":"2014-05-22T14:34:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/data-retrieval\/"},"modified":"2014-05-22T14:34:20","modified_gmt":"2014-05-22T14:34:20","slug":"data-retrieval","status":"publish","type":"definition","link":"https:\/\/www.techopedia.com\/definition\/30140\/data-retrieval","title":{"rendered":"Data Retrieval"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><span id=\"what_does_data_retrieval_mean\">What Does Data Retrieval Mean?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In databases, data retrieval is the process of identifying and extracting data from a database, based on a query provided by the user or application.<\/p>\n<p>It enables the fetching of data from a database in order to display it on a monitor and\/or use within an application. \n <\/p>\n<h2><span id=\"techopedia_explains_data_retrieval\">Techopedia Explains Data Retrieval<\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Data retrieval typically requires writing and executing data retrieval or extraction commands or queries on a database. 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