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  • n., (usu. pl.) 1. A place where public, historical, or institutional records are systematically preserved. 2. Collected and preserved public, historical, or institutional papers and records. 3. Any systematic compilation of materials, esp. writings, in physical or electronic form. – archive, v. [Black’s Law Dictionary, 8th ed. c2004]
  • v., To save digital data, documents, and records, typically those that are not current, offline.