archive
[ahr-kahyv]
- Usually archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
- archives, a place where public records or other historical documents are kept.
- 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.
- Digital Technology.
- 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.
- a collection of digital data stored in this way.
- a computer file containing one or more compressed files.
- a collection of information permanently stored on the Internet: The magazine has its entire archive online, from 1923 to the present.
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- to place or store in an archive: to vote on archiving the city's historic documents.
- Digital Technology. to compress (computer files) and store them in a single file.
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Origin of archive
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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Examples from the Web for archive
Contemporary Examples
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.
Like Hughes, Price was interviewed for the Boston College archive, but she kept silent about McConville.
And, he combed through his own archive in order to display the most representative pieces of his work.
We worked with Halston and were given access to their archive and found several pieces that really helped set the tone for Sydney.
They were then shipped to Archive laboratories in Maryland where mold was removed and rips mended.
Historical Examples
The Internet archive edition is a 1872 edition whereas this is a 1867 edition.
Chips From A German Workshop - Volume IFriedrich Max Mller
Note that the copy at the Internet archive lacks pages 174–175.
Samboe; or, The African BoyMary Ann Hedge
Such Missive, such two Missives (not now found in any archive) speed to England by express; may the winds be favorable.
History Of Friedrich II. of Prussia, Vol. VI. (of XXI.)Thomas Carlyle
I arrived at the Stadhuis as the others took their first look at the oak in the Archive Room.
The Chauffeur and the ChaperonC. N. Williamson
She came rushing out of the archive laden with precious records up to her chin.
The BrainAlexander Blade
archive
- a collection of records of or about an institution, family, etc
- a place where such records are kept
- computing data transferred to a tape or disk for long-term storage rather than frequent use
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- to store (documents, data, etc) in an archive or other repository
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Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin archīvum, from Greek arkheion repository of official records, from arkhē government
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Word Origin and History for archive
v.
1819 (implied in archived), from archives. Related: Archiving.
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