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 Sciencea. 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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, government, from arkhein, to rule.
