Usually, archives. documents or records relating to the activities, business dealings, etc., of a person, family, corporation, association, community, or nation.
2.
archives, a place where public records or other historical documents are kept.
3.
any extensive record or collection of data:
The encyclopedia is an archive of world history. The experience was sealed in the archive of her memory.
4.
Digital Technology.
a long-term storage device, as a disk or magnetic tape, or a computer directory or folder that contains copies of files for backup or future reference.
a collection of digital data stored in this way.
a computer file containing one or more compressed files.
a collection of information permanently stored on the Internet:
The magazine has its entire archive online, from 1923 to the present.
verb (used with object), archived, archiving.
5.
to place or store in an archive:
to vote on archiving the city's historic documents.
6.
Digital Technology. to compress (computer files) and store them in a single file.
Origin
1595-1605; orig., as plural < Frencharchives < Latinarchī(v)a < Greekarcheîa, orig. plural of archeîon public office, equivalent to arch(ḗ) magistracy, office + -eion suffix of place
Examples from the web for archiving
Because they say, at one point, that immediate deletion is not always practicable due to the way the archiving systems operate.
We've been archiving so much stuff from the band's early days, concert footage and interviews and stuff.
If this format is an option within the software you're using, it's ideal for archiving high-quality copies of your photos.
As your published record grows, your archiving costs will surely grow, too.
It's great for archiving material for your own needs, but virtually impossible to share your web clippings with others.
Someone may eavesdrop on this and record the full traffic stream, archiving it in the encrypted format.
Unfortunately, the archiving policies are sometimes ignored by researchers.
British Dictionary definitions for archiving
archive
/ˈɑːkaɪv/
noun (often pl)
1.
a collection of records of or about an institution, family, etc
2.
a place where such records are kept
3.
(computing) data transferred to a tape or disk for long-term storage rather than frequent use
verb (transitive)
4.
to store (documents, data, etc) in an archive or other repository
Derived Forms
archival, adjective
Word Origin
C17: from Late Latin archīvum, from Greek arkheion repository of official records, from arkhē government
Word Origin and History for archiving
archive
v.
1819 (implied in archived), from archives. Related: Archiving.