What Is: Document Retrieval?
Document retrieval is a process used to query a set of data such as a database of textual records, to pull a set of results. For instance, running a search on a search engine is a form of document retrieval . Document retrieval is used in conjunction with a computer program which will extract instances of matching text from a document. Any function which uses a query to find and return a particular document rather than formulating a generalized answer would be considered a document retrieval process.