Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

archiving

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.73 in modern English

Syllables: ar-chiv-ing
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of archive

noun

The process of storing inactive or historical data in a secure location for long-term retention.

Countable; Uncountable

Usage

Inflected Forms

archivings (plural)

Phrases

self-archiving

Questions

What does archiving mean?: present participle and gerund of archive

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