archiving

v. place in an archive; store in a safe place

An archive refers to a collection of historical records, and also refers to the location in which these records are kept. Archives are made up of records (AKA primary source documents) which have been accumulated over the course of an individual or organization's lifetime. For example, the archives of an individual may contain letters, papers, photographs, computer files, scrapbooks, financial records, diaries or any other kind of documentary materials created or collected by the individual--regardless of media or format. The archives of an organization (such as a corporation or government), on the other hand, tend to contain different types of records, such as administrative files, business records, memos, official correspondence, meeting minutes, and so on.
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Noun
1. a depository containing historical records and documents
(synonym) archives
(hypernym) depository, deposit, repository
(hyponym) chancery
(derivation) file away
Verb
1. put into an archive
(synonym) file away
(hypernym) collect, pull in
(derivation) archives

The storing of files, records, and other data for reference and alternative backup.

1. <file format> A single file containing one or (usually) more separate files plus information to allow them to be extracted (separated) by a suitable program.
Archives are usually created for software distribution or backup. tar is a common format for Unix archives, and arc or PKZIP for MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows.
2. To transfer files to slower, cheaper media (usually magnetic tape) to free the hard disk space they occupied. This is now normally done for long-term storage but in the 1960s, when disk was much more expensive, files were often shuffled regularly between disk and tape.
3.  archive site.
(1996-12-08)