ar
chive
Third Person
archives
Present Participle
archiving
Past Tense
archived
Past Participle
archived
1
to store or preserve documents or records for long-term keeping and future use
transitive
- They decided to archive the historical documents in the library's special collections.
- The museum archived the artifacts to ensure their preservation for future generations.
- The company archived the financial records in compliance with legal requirements.
- They archived the photographs in acid-free sleeves to prevent deterioration.
Synonyms:
2
(computing) to move important information or information that is not often needed to a different disk, tape, or another computer to store it, sometimes as a security measure
transitive
- The IT department archived old emails to free up server space.
- She archived the large dataset to a cloud service, as it was rarely accessed.
- The system automatically archives data every month to ensure long-term preservation.
- The team archived the old versions of the software for future troubleshooting if needed.
- To prevent overloading the network, the admin archived infrequently accessed files to external storage.