Archive - meaning & definition in Lingvanex Dictionary

Meaning & Definition

noun

A collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.

The national archive contains thousands of documents from the country's history.

A place where public records or historical documents are kept.

Researchers visited the city archive to find old photographs.

A repository for storing data or documents, traditionally used in computing.

Make sure to back up your files to the cloud archive.

verb

To place or store documents or records in an archive.

We need to archive these old emails for future reference.

To save data in a compressed format to reduce the storage space it occupies.

She decided to archive the project files to free up space on her computer.

From Latin 'archivum', from Greek 'arkheion' (the public records office).

digital archive

An electronic repository of documents and data.

archive file

A compressed file containing multiple files for storage and transfer.

archive materials

Documents or artifacts preserved for historical study.

archival

Pertaining to or functioning as an archive.

archivist

A person who maintains and is in charge of archives.

archiving

The process of storing or preserving files and documents.

To save something for later use, often referring to digital files.

I'll just archive that document in the cloud.

To dismiss or put away something that is no longer relevant.

I've archived that project; it's time to move on.