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archive Definition

ar·chive (är′kīv′)

noun

    1. a place where public records, documents, etc. are kept
    2. a place where material having documentary interest, as private papers, institutional records, memorabilia, or photographs, is kept
  2. the records, material, etc. kept in either of such places

Etymology: Fr archif < LL archivum < Gr archeion, town hall < archē, the beginning, government

transitive verb -·chived′, -·chiv′·ing

to place or keep (records, papers, etc.) in or as in archives

archive Usage Examples

Object

  • posting: ISI ResearchSoft has given Adept Scientific permission to archive the list postings.

Converse of object

  • unpack: Some packages just consist of GAP code and the installation is done by unpacking the archive in one of the places described above.
  • digitize: Design Online is a digitized archive of Design magazine from 1965 to 1974.
  • browse: I would suggest you also browse the archive of our linux-cert mailing list to understand the discussions we've had to date.
  • unzip: Unzip the library archive wherever you want, and cd into that directory with a Terminal.

Adjective modifier

  • searchable: Google Groups Searchable archive of more than 700 million Usenet postings from a period of more than 20 years.
  • photographic: She has assembled a substantial photographic archive on the subject.
  • digital: The Library also holds the Evans digital archive of original documents on early America.
  • extensive: ARCHIVE At present, the Linen Hall Library, Belfast, houses the Lyric Theater's extensive archive.
  • self-extracting: Create a self-extracting archive for the Network Agent installation package.
  • browsable: The home page for the newsgroup provides information about the group, information on how to subscribe, and a browsable archive of messages.

Modifies a noun

  • footage: For master shot, Tom Hanks positioned to line up with archive footage.
  • collection: Guide to Tameside Archive We published a printed guide to the archive collection in 1994.

Noun used with modifier

  • zip: Click here to download a zip archive ( unpack using WinZip ) containing the Windows example files.
  • eprint: The most important point is that many papers can be published in journals and also deposited in an eprint archive.
  • .zip: Each link below will give you a .zip archive, containing all 7 desktops in the desired screen size.
  • hypermail: A hypermail archive is available for browsing or searching.
  • full-text: Given the small size today of the electronic full-text archive, citation linking on a meaningful scale requires a secondary database of abstracts.
  • news: Either scroll through our news archive or use the search facility to filter for specific news.

Preposition: of

  • site-building: This page is part of the main News archive of the site-building " as it happened " going back to 1998/9.