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archival

 [ahr-kahy-vuhl]  

ar·chi·val

   [ahr-kahy-vuhl]
adjective
of or pertaining to archives or valuable records; contained in or comprising such archives or records.
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Origin:
1840–50; archive + -al1
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Archival is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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archive (ˈɑːkaɪv)
 
—n
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
 
—vb
4.  to store (documents, data, etc) in an archive or other repository
 
[C17: from Late Latin archīvum, from Greek arkheion repository of official records, from arkhē government]
 
ar'chival
 
—adj

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