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ar·chive

Audio Help [ahr-kahyv] Pronunciation Key noun, verb, -chived, -chiv·ing.

–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	archives, a place where public records or other historical documents are kept.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.

–verb (used with object)

4.	to place or store in an archive: to vote on archiving the city's historic documents.

[Origin: 1595–1605; orig., as pl. < F archives < L archī(v)a < Gk archeǐa, orig. pl. of archeǐon public office, equiv. to arch() magistracy, office + -eion suffix of place

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ar·chive Audio Help (är'kīv') Pronunciation Key
n.

A place or collection containing records, documents, or other materials of historical interest. Often used in the plural: old land deeds in the municipal archives.
Computer Science
1. A long-term storage area, often on magnetic tape, for backup copies of files or for files that are no longer in active use.
2. A file containing one or more files in compressed format for more efficient storage and transfer.
A repository for stored memories or information: the archive of the mind.

tr.v. ar·chived, ar·chiv·ing, ar·chives

To place or store in an archive.
Computer Science To copy or compress (a file) into an archive.

[From French archives, from Latin archīva, from Greek arkheia, pl. of arkheion, town hall, from arkhē, government, from arkhein, to rule.]

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