Computing. The copying or extraction of data from an electronic medium or device (also with out); the transfer of data into something (also with in)…

Computing. The extraction or transfer of data from an electronic storage medium or device; an instance of this. Also in extended use.

In the sense ‘affecting a predefined block of text or data’, esp. in block delete, block move.

Computing. The action or an act of transferring data to or from an electronic device; esp. the copying or extraction of data that is in or on a data…