retrieval — retrieve re‧trieve [rɪˈtriːv] verb [transitive] 1. COMPUTING to get back information that has been stored in a computer: • The application stores and retrieves data according to the user s requirements. • To retrieve … Financial and business terms
Software agent — In computer science, a software agent is a piece of software that acts for a user or other program in a relationship of agency, which derives from the Latin agere (to do): an agreement to act on one s behalf. Such action on behalf of implies the… … Wikipedia
History of software engineering — Software engineering has evolved steadily from its founding days in the 1940s until today in the 2000s. Applications have evolved continuously.The ongoing goal to improve technologies and practices, seeks to improve the productivity of… … Wikipedia
Music information retrieval — (MIR) is the interdisciplinary science of retrieving information from music. MIR is a small but growing field of research with many real world applications. Those involved in MIR may have a background in musicology, psychology, academic music… … Wikipedia
Content-based image retrieval — (CBIR), also known as query by image content (QBIC) and content based visual information retrieval (CBVIR) is the application of computer vision techniques to the image retrieval problem, that is, the problem of searching for digital images in… … Wikipedia
Information retrieval — This article is about information retrieval in general. For the fictional government department, see Brazil (film). Information retrieval (IR) is the area of study concerned with searching for documents, for information within documents, and for… … Wikipedia
Information retrieval applications — Areas where information retrieval techniques are employed include (the entries are in alphabetical order within each category):General applications of information retrieval* Digital libraries * Information filtering ** Recommender systems * Media … Wikipedia
ISYS Search Software — Established in 1988 in Sydney, Australia, ISYS Search Software (formerly Odyssey Development) is a developer of enterprise search software. The company s product suite includes applications for desktop search, network search, intranet search and… … Wikipedia
Image retrieval — An image retrieval system is a computer system for browsing, searching and retrieving images from a large database of digital images. Most traditional and common methods of image retrieval utilize some method of adding metadata such as captioning … Wikipedia
Mail retrieval agent — [original research?] A mail retrieval agent (MRA) is a computer application that retrieves or fetches e mail from a remote mail server and works with an mail delivery agent to deliver mail to a local or remote email mailbox.[citation needed] MRAs … Wikipedia
