archive file

ˈɑɹkaɪv faɪl

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Definition of archive file - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

storage

TECH.

file that contains multiple files compressed together

TECH.

The archive file contains all the documents for the project.

compressed file

zip file

data

TECH.

file used to store historical data

TECH.

The archive file holds records from the past decade.

backup file

historical record

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member

technology

file within an archive in computing

tar

technology

combine files into a single archive file

Examples of archive file in a sentence

The archive file was too large to email.
The archive file was crucial for the research.
She found the old letters in an archive file.

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French:fichier d'archive, dossier d'archive, ...
German:Archivdatei, ...
Italian:file di archivio, file storico, ...
Spanish:archivo comprimido, archivo histórico, ...
Portuguese:ficheiro comprimido, ficheiro de arquivo, ...
Chinese:归档文件, 档案文件, ...
Japanese:アーカイブファイル, 歴史データファイル, ...
Arabic:مِلَف أَرْشِيف, مِلَف مُؤَرْشَف, ...
Hebrew:קובץ ארכיון, קוֹבֶץ הִיסְטוֹרִי, ...
Russian:архивный файл, ...
Ukrainian:архівний файл, файл архіву, ...
Hindi:आर्काइव फ़ाइल, ऐतिहासिक फ़ाइल, ...
Bengali:আর্কাইভ ফাইল, ঐতিহাসিক তথ্য ফাইল, ...
Catalan:fitxer comprimit, fitxer d'arxiu, ...
Czech:archivní soubor, archivní soubor dat, ...
Danish:arkivfil, historisk datafil, ...
Dutch:archiefbestand, ...
Greek:συμπιεσμένο αρχείο, αρχείο αρχείων, ...
Hungarian:archív fájl, levéltári fájl, ...
Khmer:ឯកសារបង្ហាប់, ឯកសាររក្សាទុក, ...
Korean:압축 파일, 기록 파일, ...
Persian:فایل فشرده, فایل بایگانی, ...
Polish:plik archiwalny, plik z danymi historycznymi, ...
Portuguese (BR):arquivo compactado, arquivo histórico, ...
Romanian:fișier de arhivă, fișier istoric, ...
Swedish:arkivfil, ...
Thai:ไฟล์บีบอัด, ไฟล์เก็บถาวร, ...
Turkish:arşiv dosyası, ...
Vietnamese:tệp nén, tệp lịch sử, ...

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