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:''For alternate uses see: Archive (disambiguation).'' An archive is a collection of documents, and in some senses, the building(s) it's kept in. These documents, which can be in any media, are normally unpublished records instead of books and periodical publications. Archives are sometimes personal but usually belong to large organizations such as firms and governments. Archives are distinct from libraries insofar as archives are collections of unique documents whose meaning is derived from their interrelatedness. Nevertheless, a library can be seen as a sort of archive (as can a museum), but the word 'archives' is often used when stressing its role of preservation, rather than that of dissemination. == Etymology == The word ''archive'' (pronounced Ar-kive) is derived from the Greek ''arkh�'' meaning government or order (compare an-archy, mon-archy). The word originally developed from the Greek "arkheion" which refers to the home or dwelling of the Archon, in which important official state documents were filed and interpreted under the authority of the Archon. == Anthropological sense == Human archives, or organised public or corporate records, are essential to effective day-to-day organisational decision making, but even more than that, to the survival of organisations. Archives were well developed by the ancient Chinese, the ancient Greeks and many other peoples including the Aboriginal Australians, whose immensely intricate archives were stored and transmitted orally but with reference markers in the physical landscape. Rock art was also used in Southern Africa which has more sites than in any other part of the world. == Computing sense == In computing, an archive is a bundle of other files contained in one file itself. Technically, archives do not compress, rather just tying together files and their structure, but in reality, many archive formats feature built-in compression, especially on non-Unix platforms. Ubiquitous amongst Unix and Unix-like operating systems is the tape archive, tar file format. Originally intended for transferring files to and from tape, it is generally used to combine files before they are compressed, usually by gzip or bzip2. Other formats include ar (Unix) and shar (file format). On Microsoft Windows platforms, the most widely-used archive format by far is ZIP file format; other popular formats are RAR, ACE file format and ARJ. On Amigas, the standard archive format is LHA, while on Apple Apple Macintosh computers, Stuffit is among the most common. == See Also == * The Internet Archive is a public non-profit organisation founded in 1996 that is building an archive of websites, audio, video and books. * archive formats == External links == * [http://www.ica.org/ International Council on Archives] * [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a Access to Archives (A2A)] - the English strand of the UK archives network Archives

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:''For advice on archiving Talk pages, see Wikipedia:How to archive a talk page'' This page is a co-ordination point for pages that were previously in the Wikipedia: namespace, but have become obsolete and archived. Note these pages are preserved primarily for historical interest. Policies contained within may be out-dated. ==Archived pages== */Refreshing brilliant prose - A review of all brilliant prose articles was held in late 2003. **/Refreshing brilliant prose - History and religion **/Refreshing brilliant prose - People and culture **/Refreshing brilliant prose - Science **/Refreshing brilliant prose - Others */Votes for deletion/Lists - A proposal to delete a lot of list pages en masse that didn't reach critical mass. */Petition for the return of the Old Wikipedia - a petition to change the standard skin back to the older style, before Monobook. */Lag - various complaints and possible solutions to the lag problem on Wikipedia, from 2002-03. Currently, complaints about lag are more typically aired on meta and IRC. ;-) Wikipedia archives

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==Copyvio info from anon user== A well-meaning anon editor (User:193.63.141.62) inserted copyvio material from the Society of American Archivists [http://www.archivists.org/history.asp website] which is against Wikipedia:Copyrights#Contributors' rights and obligations. I have reverted. Other related pages have been updated with similarly sourced material. User:Noisy | User talk:Noisy 18:15, 17 Nov 2004 (UTC)

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