Product recall A recall election Recall to employment after a layoff Recall from either memory. Understand Recollection, Total Recall. By analogy, numerous calculators have a "recall" button. In information retrieval, a technical indicator measure, contrasted using precision. Reccompletely is the fraction of (all) relevant lesson that is returned per seek. In dog training, recall is the process of bringing the mutt to wise shoppers from either the few feet away.