archivers
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/ɑrˈkaɪvərz/
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/ɑːˈkaɪvəz/
(archiver)
keeper or maker of archives
Etymology
'archiver' originates from English, formed by adding the agent suffix '-er' to 'archive'. 'Archive' itself comes from Greek 'arkheion' (ἀρχεῖον), meaning 'public records' or 'a public office', via Latin/Medieval Latin 'archivum' and Old French.
'archive' came into English from Medieval Latin 'archivum' and Old French 'archive'; the English noun 'archive' denoted a place or collection of public records. The agent-form 'archiver' developed later in English by attaching '-er' to mean 'one who archives' or 'a tool that archives.'
Initially 'arkheion' referred to a public office or the place where public records were kept; over time the meaning shifted to 'a collection/place of records' and then to the verb 'to archive' (to store records), so 'archiver' now means 'one who archives' or a program that archives files.
Meanings by Part of Speech
Noun 1
people, organizations, or facilities that collect, preserve, and manage records or historical documents (those who create or maintain archives).
Many archivers work to preserve fragile records in climate-controlled storage.
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Noun 2
software utilities or programs that create, compress, and package files into archive formats (e.g., zip, tar)—a file archiver.
Modern archivers can compress multiple files into a single encrypted archive.
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