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archive

[ ahr-kahyv ]

noun

  1. Usually archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
  2. archives, a place where public records or other historical documents are kept.
  3. any extensive record or collection of data:

    The encyclopedia is an archive of world history. The experience was sealed in the archive of her memory.

  4. Digital Technology.
    1. a long-term storage device, as a disk or magnetic tape, or a computer directory or folder that contains copies of files for backup or future reference.
    2. a collection of digital data stored in this way.
    3. a computer file containing one or more compressed files.
    4. a collection of information permanently stored on the internet:

      The magazine has its entire archive online, from 1923 to the present.



verb (used with object)

, ar·chived, ar·chiv·ing.
  1. to place or store in an archive:

    to vote on archiving the city's historic documents.

  2. Digital Technology. to compress (computer files) and store them in a single file.

archive

/ ˈɑːkaɪv /

noun

  1. a collection of records of or about an institution, family, etc
  2. a place where such records are kept
  3. computing data transferred to a tape or disk for long-term storage rather than frequent use
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


verb

  1. to store (documents, data, etc) in an archive or other repository
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • arˈchival, adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of archive1

First recorded in 1595–1605; originally, as plural, from French archives, from the Late Latin plural noun archīva, archīa “public records,” from Greek archeîa “public records,” plural of archeîon “town hall, public office,” equivalent to archḗ “magistracy, office” + -eion suffix of location
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Word History and Origins

Origin of archive1

C17: from Late Latin archīvum, from Greek arkheion repository of official records, from arkhē government
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Example Sentences

If you did like this episode, there’s another one from our archive you might enjoy.

Forecasting companies have access to huge amounts of historical data—runway photography, fashion magazine archives, and their own research—on top of all the information constantly flowing out of potential consumers on social media.

The business world has spent decades searching for the right piece of software that would allow workers to communicate with each other quickly, pleasantly, and without getting distracted or losing key pieces of information in labyrinthine archives.

From Quartz

Although screenshots of authentic tweets that have since been deleted do occasionally go viral, they are very often saved to an authoritative Internet archive, such as the Internet Archive’s Wayback Machine.

He was a total pro, and his insightful columns of film criticism elevated our arts coverage and will live forever in our archive.

What was not so well known was that there also existed an archive of color images from the war, the result of then new technology.

The court house is now the Anthology Archive and the firehouse is a Chinese community center.

John then introduced us to his brother Tony, and then we found out that John had kept an incredible archive of his life.

And again, Internet Archive was created by people involved in the open software movement.

The other thing that is very powerful is the Internet Archive, which has an enormous amount of government documents.

She came rushing out of the archive laden with precious records up to her chin.

Scans for this book can be found in the Internet Archive (copy 1).

Scans for this book are available from the Internet Archive (copy 1, 2, 3, 4).

Scans for this book are available from the Internet Archive (copy 1, 2, 3).

This book was prepared of scans of the second edition, available on the Internet Archive: 1, 2, 3.

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