archive

ar|chive¹ [ˈa:kaıv US ˈa:r-] n

[Date: 1600-1700; : French; Origin: Latin archivum, from Greek archeion 'government building' (in plural, 'official documents'), from arche 'rule, government']

1.) a place where a large number of historical records are stored, or the records that are stored

▪ an archive of the writer's unpublished work

2.) technical copies of a computer's ↑files that are stored on a ↑disk or in the computer's memory in a way that uses less space than usual, so that the computer can keep them for a long time

>archive adj

▪ interesting archive material

>archival [a:ˈkaıvəl US a:r-] adj

▪ archival footage of the President's visit in 1969

archive ²

archive² v [T]

1.) to put documents, books, information etc in an archive

2.) to save a computer ↑file in a way that uses less space than usual, because you do not use that file often but may need it in the future

>archiving n [U]

▪ electronic archiving systems