May be newer than that. It’s not in the early IEEE glossaries and doesn’t appear in the professional literature (ACM, JCC or IEEE) until the mid 70s. It may date to the time when Codd’s ideas were starting to disseminate through the industry and tape ceased to be the principle medium for databases.

On Jul 26, 2018, at 2:23 PM, Matthew Kirschenbaum <mkirschenbaum@gmail.com> wrote:

Dear all,

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 those files."

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."

I'd love to run down some early instances of this sort of thing, which I assume goes back to the mainframe era.

Thank you--

--
Matthew Kirschenbaum
Professor of English and Digital Studies
Director, Graduate Certificate in Digital Studies
University of Maryland
mkirschenbaum.net

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