Even with universal search, there has to be a better way to store and retrieve information.

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Hence the potent theme of knowledge rescued from near-oblivion, which runs through early modern discussions of how to store and retrieve information reliably.

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Apixio also allows health care providers and administrators to retrieve information that could be overlooked.

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The result is a deluge of data, making it increasingly difficult for researchers to keep track of, and retrieve, potentially useful information.

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Eventually, as happened to Lucretius, people (if any remain) forget about the old information and technology and lose the knowledge of how to retrieve it.

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This has allowed scientists to retrieve information about the Arctic Ocean region's gravity field, its surface circulation, and the thickness of its sea-ice cover.

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