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Definitions for Archive

[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[2] archives, a place where public records or other historical documents are kept.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 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.
[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.
[7] a collection of records of or about an institution, family, etc
[8] a place where such records are kept
[9] computing data transferred to a tape or disk for long-term storage rather than frequent use
[10] to store (documents, data, etc) in an archive or other repository

Words related to Archive

annals, roll, papers, writings, chronicles

Words nearby Archive

architecture, architecture parlante, architrave, archival, archival storage, archive, archivist, archivolt, archliberal, archlute, archly

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

Word origin for Archive

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

Synonyms for Archive

annals, chronicles, clippings, documents, excerpts, extracts, files, papers, registers, roll, scrolls, writings