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kaɪv 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archives, a place where public records or other historical documents are kept.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.
a.
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.
b.
a collection of digital data stored in this way.
c.
a computer file containing one or more compressed files.
d.
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.
5.
to place or store in an archive: to vote on archiving the city's historic documents.
6.
Digital Technology. to compress (computer files) and store them in a single file.
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Archive
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
Origin:
1595–1605; orig., as plural < French archives < Latin archī(v)a < Greek archeîa, orig. plural of archeîon public office, equivalent to arch(ḗ) magistracy, office + -eion suffix of place
1595–1605; orig., as plural < French archives < Latin archī(v)a < Greek archeîa, orig. plural of archeîon public office, equivalent to arch(ḗ) magistracy, office + -eion suffix of place
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| —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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archive definition
1.
Archives are usually created for software distribution or backup. tar is a common format for Unix archives, and arc or PKZIP for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.
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3.
(1996-12-08)
Example sentences
In the past it would have been impractical to archive all of this information.
Changes in the legal deposit legislation are necessary to allow exceptions for memory organizations to archive video games.
Sad to see that this article wasn't nearly as thorough, and also that the online archive doesn't go back nearly that far.
Indeed, one magazine recently featured a bar code alongside archive images of famous swimsuit models.
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