Definition of archive - Reverso English Dictionary
Noun
1.
digital storageTECH. data stored for long-term preservationTECH.
- The company's archive contains old project files.
2.
document collectioncollection of historical documents and records
- The archive includes letters from the 18th century.
3.
ecologyTECH. natural deposits recording environmental changesTECH.
- The ice cores serve as an archive of past climates.
Verb
storageTECH. move items into long term storage for infrequent accessTECH.
- They archive old emails to reduce active storage usage.
Expressions with archive
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strong cardboard box for storing documents long-term
We packed the old files into an archive box.
government place that keeps a country's important documents
The national archive holds the country's founding documents.
collection of saved web pages
The web archive stores old versions of websites.
old recorded video kept in storage and reused in later productions
The documentary included archive footage from the original 1960s protests.
file that contains multiple files compressed together
The archive file contains all the documents for the project.
digital storage system keeping documents or data for long-term reference
The company maintains an electronic archive of all customer correspondence.
Origin of archive
Greek, arkheion (public records)
Terms with archive included in their meaning
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technology
the process of extracting files from a zip archive
technology
related to extracting files from a zip archive
technology
digital archive of maps
technology
period during which data is kept in a memory or archive
archive storage
place where vast information is kept
library
collection of documents in an archive or library
archive
relating to historical records organized by year
film archive
place where films are archived and shown
archive
pre-recorded video kept for use in media projects
archive
storage system for magnetic tapes used in data backup
technology
file within an archive in computing
technology
combine files into a single archive file
abr: Archive of Our Own
website for sharing fan fiction stories
research
online archive for research
business
advertising agency's internal archive of client work
abr: Java archive
file that holds many Java program files together
climate records
NOAA's archive for global weather data
abr: PubMed Central
free online archive of biomedical and life sciences articles
abr: Roshal Archive
compressed file format for storing multiple files
technology
decompress a StuffIt archive
abr: Web Application Archive
file format for web application packages
internet archive
digital archive of the World Wide Web
technology
bring back data or files from an archive
Examples of archive in a sentence
Researchers accessed the archive for their study. The archive holds rare manuscripts from the medieval period. Researchers visited the archive to study ancient maps. Sediment layers act as an archive of geological history. Tree rings are an archive of environmental conditions. We archive completed projects at the end of each year.
Please archive customer records older than seven years.
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- French:archive, archiver, ...
- German:Archiv, archivieren, ...
- Italian:archivio, archiviare, ...
- Spanish:archivo, archivar, ...
- Portuguese:arquivo, arquivar, ...
- Chinese:档案, 归档, ...
- Japanese:アーカイブ, アーカイブする, ...
- Arabic:أَرْشِيف, أرشف, ...
- Hebrew:אַרְכִיוֹן, לְאַרְכֵּב, ...
- Russian:архив, архивировать, ...
- Ukrainian:архів, архівувати, ...
- Hindi:अभिलेखागार, संग्रहित करना, ...
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