ARCHIVE Definition & Meaning

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noun

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archives, a place where public records or other historical documents are kept.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.
1. 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.
2. a collection of digital data stored in this way.
3. a computer file containing one or more compressed files.
4. a collection of information permanently stored on the internet:
  The magazine has its entire archive online, from 1923 to the present.

verb (used with object)

archived, archiving.

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.

noun

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

verb

to store (documents, data, etc) in an archive or other repository

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Derived Forms

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of archive¹

First recorded in 1595–1605; originally, as plural, from French archives, from the Late Latin plural noun archīva, archīa “public records,” from Greek ��î�� “public records,” plural of ��î�ǲ� “town hall, public office,” equivalent to ��ḗ “magistracy, office” + -eion suffix of location

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of archive¹

C17: from Late Latin ��ī��ܳ�, from Greek arkheion repository of official records, from ��ŧ government

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It provides grants for humanities projects to organizations including museums, archives, libraries, colleges and scholars.

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A selection of about 100 examples in graphite and acrylic on paper comprises a survey of the prolific L.A. artist, drawn from the Huntington archive of his work.

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The archive will be on display Thursday through Sunday at the New York International Antiquarian Book Fair, an event expected to draw curators from museums and research institutions, as well as private collectors.

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A battered leather briefcase left behind by Guy Burgess when he fled to Moscow in 1951 is among 20 objects from MI5's archives to go on display for the first time from Saturday.

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Based on one of Lennon's old demo tapes, and featuring an archive recording of Harrison's guitar work, it went to number one and was nominated for awards at the Brits and the Grammys.

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