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Glossary of Data Communications Terms
Courtesy Enterprise-Wide Computing, Inc.
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Term:
archive
Definition:
To create a redundant copy of computer file data, typically
to create a backup copy of that data to protect it if the
original copy is damaged or otherwise irretrievable. By
some definitions, an archive is required to contain copies
of every version of a particular file. In this case, to
archive means to save a copy of every object in a file
system with a separate copy of all changes made to that
file. In addition to protecting files from loss, this
approach also permits any previous version of a file to be
restored, typically by date and time.
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