Meaning of ARCHIVE
| Pronunciation: | | 'ârkIv
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 WordNet Dictionary |
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- [n] a depository containing historical records and documents
- [v] put into an archive
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ARCHIVE is a 7 letter word that starts with A. |
| | Synonyms: | | archives, file away |
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| | See Also: | | chancery, collect, deposit, depository, pull in, repository | |
| Webster's 1913 Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | \Ar"chive\, n.; pl. {Archives}. [F. archives, pl., L.
archivum, archium, fr. Gr. ? government house, ? ? archives,
fr. ? the first place, government. See {Archi-}, pref.]
1. pl. The place in which public records or historic
documents are kept.
Our words . . . . become records in God's court, and
are laid up in his archives as witnesses. --Gov. of
Tongue.
2. pl. Public records or documents preserved as evidence of
facts; as, the archives of a country or family. [Rarely
used in sing.]
Some rotten archive, rummaged out of some seldom
explored press. --Lamb.
Syn: Registers; records; chronicles.
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| Computing Dictionary |
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| | Definition: | | 1. A single file containing one or (usually) more separate files plus information to allow them to be extracted (separated) by a suitable program. Archives are usually created for software distribution or backup. tar is a common format for unix archives, and arc or pkzip for ms-dos and microsoft windows. 2. To transfer files to slower, cheaper media (usually magnetic tape) to free the hard disk space they occupied. This is now normally done for long-term storage but in the 1960s, when disk was much more expensive, files were often shuffled regularly between disk and tape. 3. archive site. |
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