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• A long-term computer storage area. ^[1]
• Archives are long term repositories for the storage of records. Electronic archives preserve the content, prevent or track alterations and control access to electronic records. ^[2]
• A copy of data on a computer drive, or on a portion of a drive, maintained for historical reference. ^{[3] [4] [5] [6]}
• A container that holds files, either compressed or uncompressed (ZIP, CAB, TAR, GZ, JAR, PST, NSF, or other file types). There are two types of archives – mail containers and file containers. ^[7]
• The procedure of transferring text or data from a hard disk to off-line storage media for later access. ^[8]

1. ^[1] RenewData, Glossary (10/5/2005). ↩
2. ^[2] Kroll Ontrack, Glossary of Terms, http://www.krollontrack.com/glossaryterms ↩
3. ^[3] Fios, E-Discovery Glossary, http://discoveryresources.org/01_electronic_discovery_glossary.html ↩
4. ^[4] Fenwick & West LLP, FWPS eDiscovery Terminology (11/6/2005). Citing Fios’s eDiscovery Glossary, http://discoveryresources.org/01_electronic_discovery_glossary.html ↩
5. ^[5] Vinson & Elkins LLP Practice Support, EDD Glossary. ↩
6. ^[6] RSI, Glossary. ↩
7. ^[7] Ibis Consulting, Glossary. ↩
8. ^[8] Legal Electronic Document Institute, Basic Principles of Automated Litigation Support (2005). ↩