through unlawful means Common recovery, a fictitious legal proceeding in England Recovery, the finding and reporting of a ringed bird Recovery or repossession, recovering ownership of property Science and technology Recovery (metallurgy), a change in the microstructure in polycrystalline materials Recovery boiler, generating energy during papermaking Recovery effect, a phenomenon in batteries Data recovery, a process of salvaging inaccessible data Photo recovery, the process of salvaging digital photographs Automatic system recovery, the process of extracting any valid data from a device after a corruption, bootloop, or soft brick, usually followed by reinstalling the system image Disaster recovery, continuation of vital technology infrastructure and systems following a natural or human-induced disaster Recovery, when the threats to species survival are neutralized under an endangered species recovery plan created pursuant to the U.S. Endangered Species Act of 1973 Recovery, extraction of petroleum, the primary, secondary or tertiary recovery of petroleum Forensic recovery, where a search and rescue mission involves, or transitions to, missing persons expected to be dead rather than alive Resource recovery, the collection of recyclable materials Vehicles and vessels Recovery truck or recovery vehicle, used to move or assist other vehicles Vehicle recovery (military), a type of military operation conducted to extricate vehicles that have become immobile – one of several ships by that name Other uses Recovery auditing, a systematic review of financial transactions Recovery, Georgia, a community in the United States Recovery Glacier, Antarctica Recovery Hill, U.S. Virgin Islands, a settlement on Saint Croix See also Recovering