archive

archive
[ˈɑːkʌɪv]
noun
  1. (一般作 archives)a collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people
    (地域、机构或人的)历史档案
    source materials in local archives.
    当地档案中的原始资料。
    [as modifier]a section of archive film.
    档案电影集。
    ■the place where historical documents or records are kept
    档案室,档案馆
    they were allowed to study in the archives.
    他们被允许在档案室里查阅。
    ■a complete record of the data in part or all of a computer system, stored on an infrequently used medium
    归档数据
verb
  1. [with obj.]place or store (something) in such a collection or place
    把…存入档案资料(或档案室)
    ■(Computing)transfer (data) to a less frequently used storage medium such as magnetic tape, typically external to the computer system and having a greater storage capacity
    (计算机)归档
派生
archival
adjective
语源
  1. early 17th cent. (in the sense 'place where records are kept'): from French archives (plural), from Latin archiva, archia, from Greek arkheia 'public records', from arkhē 'government'. The verb dates from the late 19th cent
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