26984 words

archives

11 definitions • 10 examples
1
a collection of historical records relating to a place, organization, or family:

Examples:

These old photographs should go in the family archives.
2
a place where historical records are kept:

Examples:

I've been studying village records in the local archive.
3
a computer file used to store electronic information or documents that you no longer need to use regularly
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in computer technology, to store electronic information that you no longer need to use regularly:

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the documents showing the history of a place, organization, or family, or the place where these are kept:

Examples:

The author’s manuscripts are in the college archives.
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a collection of records that are no longer used:

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a computer file used to store electronic information or documents that you no longer need to use regularly:

Examples:

Use your e-mail application's archive feature to transfer messages that are older than six months to an archive file.
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a set of documents and files that are available on the internet for people to look at:

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An online archive exists with all of those reviews.
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to store old records or documents so that you can access them again in the future:

Examples:

The file was archived about a year ago after a worker wrongly labeled it as inactive.
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to store electronic information that you no longer need to use regularly in a special file that uses less space on your computer:

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In all, 31,000 archived e-mails thought to have been deleted were later uncovered.

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