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<p class="MsoNormal">Matt,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Another method – duh – would be to use online databases such as INSPEC. Found this, for example:<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Short Note On Information Retrieval Systems Applicable To Archive Data
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span class="MsoHyperlink">Éric De Grolier</span>, <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">First Published September 1, 1965 Research Article <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><a href="https://doi.org/10.1177%2F053901846500400313">https://doi.org/10.1177/053901846500400313</a>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Noticed that most uses of “archive data,” “data storage” etc. that popped up seem to be related to social science data systems; the first big ones were developed in the late 1960s, early 1970s, I believe, though I am no expert.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Henry<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Henry Lowood, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Curator for History of Science & Technology; Film & Media Collections<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HSSG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stanford University Libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Members <members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org> <b>On Behalf Of
</b>Henry E Lowood<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Monday, August 6, 2018 11:27 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Matthew Kirschenbaum <mkirschenbaum@gmail.com>; members <members@sigcis.org><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Origins of "archive" in computer science<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Matt,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">As Paul already suggested, industry publications (including ads) would be a great place to start. The other place I would begin my search is in the various encyclopedias and published lists of terms. That’s what I used to track down the
use of “virtual” a while back.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Interestingly, even relatively recent encyclopedias do not define “archive.” Just checked the 4<sup>th</sup> ed. Of the Encyclopedia of Computer Science on my shelf – not in the glossary of terms. Only “archival storage” (twice) and “archive
compression test” (once) are even listed in the general index.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Henry<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Henry Lowood, PhD<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Curator for History of Science & Technology; Film & Media Collections<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">HSSG, Green Library, 557 Escondido Mall<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stanford University Libraries<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Stanford CA 94305-6004<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">PH: 650-723-4602<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">EM: <a href="mailto:lowood@stanford.edu">lowood@stanford.edu</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Members <<a href="mailto:members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org">members-bounces@lists.sigcis.org</a>>
<b>On Behalf Of </b>Matthew Kirschenbaum<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Friday, July 27, 2018 12:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> members <<a href="mailto:members@sigcis.org">members@sigcis.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [SIGCIS-Members] Origins of "archive" in computer science<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I've had a couple of additional backchannel responses to this (thank you) but nothing terribly decisive. Is the question too diffuse, I wonder? Too obscure? How would one go about running something like this down? What would be some good
industry publications to check to try to track the emergence of "archive" as a computer systems term?<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">OED doesn't offer a usage in relation to computing or data before 1978, but this seems late to me; certainly Wang was using the language of an "archive" disk for much of the 1970s.
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<p class="MsoNormal">Best, Matt<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Jul 26, 2018 at 2:23 PM, Matthew Kirschenbaum <<a href="mailto:mkirschenbaum@gmail.com" target="_blank">mkirschenbaum@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'm trying to find early exemplars of the use of the word "archive" in computer systems contexts, whether as a noun to denote an element of computer architecture (i.e., the archive disk or archive tape) or as a verb, i.e. "I've archived
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<p class="MsoNormal">Examples might include the TAR ("Tape ARchive") format, Wang's nomenclature of an "archive disk" in its systems, and Gmail's early mantra, "Archive, Don't Delete."
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<p class="MsoNormal">I'd love to run down some early instances of this sort of thing, which I assume goes back to the mainframe era.<o:p></o:p></p>
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Professor of English and Digital Studies<br>
Director, Graduate Certificate in Digital Studies<br>
University of Maryland<br>
<a href="http://mkirschenbaum.net" target="_blank">mkirschenbaum.net</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Professor of English and Digital Studies<br>
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<a href="http://mkirschenbaum.net" target="_blank">mkirschenbaum.net</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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