# Retention

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'''Retention''' may refer to:
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== General ==
* [Recall (memory)](/source/Recall_(memory)), in learning, the ability to recall facts and figures in memory
* [Memory and retention in learning](/source/Memory_and_retention_in_learning)
* [Selective retention](/source/Selective_retention)
* [Cultural retention](/source/Cultural_retention)
* [Customer retention](/source/Customer_retention)
* [University student retention](/source/University_student_retention)
* [Employee retention](/source/Employee_retention), the ability to keep employees within an organization
* [Forced retention](/source/Forced_retention)
* [Grade retention](/source/Grade_retention), in schools, keeping a student in the same grade for another year (that is, not promoting the student to the next higher grade with their classmates)
*Retention or [retainage](/source/retainage) of an agreed portion of a contract price until project completion
* [Retention basin](/source/Retention_basin)
* [Retention election](/source/Retention_election), in the United States court system, a process whereby a judge is periodically subject to a vote in order to remain in the position of judge
* [Retention rate](/source/Retention_rate)
* [Retention ratio](/source/Retention_ratio), in company earnings
* [Retention of vision](/source/Retention_of_vision), in magic
* [Water retention (medicine)](/source/Water_retention_(medicine)), abnormal accumulation of fluid in the body
* [Urinary retention](/source/Urinary_retention), the lack or inability to urinate
* [Variable retention](/source/Variable_retention_(silvicultural_system)), in land management and forestry conservation

==Information and records==
* [Retention (news server)](/source/News_server_operation), in Usenet, the time a news server holds a newsgroup posting before deleting it as no longer relevant
* [Data retention](/source/Data_retention), in law and computing
** [Data retention (telecommunication)](/source/Telecommunications_data_retention)
* [Retention period](/source/Retention_period), of a document, in records management
* [Retention of title clause](/source/Title_retention_clause), in law

==Chemistry==
* [Retention agent](/source/Retention_agent), a process chemical
* [Carbon dioxide retention](/source/Carbon_dioxide_retention)
* [Retention of configuration](/source/Retention_of_configuration), in chemical reactions
* [ER retention](/source/ER_retention), proteins retained in the endoplasmic reticulum after folding
* [Retention factor](/source/Retention_factor)

==Maths==
* [Retention distance](/source/Retention_distance)
* [Retention uniformity](/source/Retention_uniformity)

==See also==
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* [Water retention (disambiguation)](/source/Water_retention_(disambiguation))
* [Retainer (disambiguation)](/source/Retainer_(disambiguation))

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