| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ar·chive |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  är k v |
| NOUN: | 1. 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. 2. Computer Science a. A long-term storage area, often on magnetic tape, for backup copies of files or for files that are no longer in active use. b. A file containing one or more files in compressed format for more efficient storage and transfer. 3. A repository for stored memories or information: the archive of the mind. | | TRANSITIVE VERB: | Inflected forms: ar·chived, ar·chiv·ing, ar·chives
1. To place or store in an archive. 2. Computer Science To copy or compress (a file) into an archive. | | ETYMOLOGY: | From French archives, from Latin archva, from Greek arkheia, pl. of arkheion, town hall, from arkh , government, from arkhein, to rule.
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