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  1. noun A place or collection containing records, documents, or other materials of historical interest. Often used in the plural: old land deeds in the municipal archives.
  2. noun Computer Science A long-term storage area, often on magnetic tape, for backup copies of files or for files that are no longer in active use.
  3. noun Computer Science A file containing one or more files in compressed format for more efficient storage and transfer.
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  • Alerted by rumbling sounds that preceded the collapse, all staff and visitors at the Cologne archive were able to get out in time without injuries, fire department director Stephan Neuhoff said.
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  • Alerted by rumbling sounds that preceded the collapse, all staff and visitors at the archive were able to get out in time without injuries.
  • No webcast or archive will be available for this presentation.
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library ·  database ·  journal ·  museum ·  document ·  format ·  diary ·  directory ·  file ·  annals ·  record ·  review

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archive:   archives
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  1. From French archives, from Latin archīva, from Greek arkheia, pl. of arkheion, town hall, from arkhē, government, from arkhein, to rule.

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  1. from French archives, plural, from Latin archīvum, also archīum (plural archīva), a place where records are kept, the records themselves, from Greek ἀρχεῑον, a public building, hence plural τα\ ἀρχεῑα, the public records there kept, properly neuter of *ἀρχεῑος, adjective, pertaining to office, from ἀρχή, office, government, rule, from ἄρχειν, rule, be first: see arch-.
 

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