1. Return to an original state
2. The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost); SYN. retrieval.
Ausgleich für erlittene Nachteile; insbes. für Eingriffe der öffentl. Hand in private Rechte u. für unschuldig erlittene Strafverfolgungsmaßnahmen.
The restoration of lost data or the reconciliation of conflicting or erroneous data after a system failure. Recovery is often achieved using a disk or tape backup and system logs. See also backup.