archival storage

noun

1. a method of retaining information outside of the internal memory of a computer

Example Sentences

These documents are stored in accordance with the agency’s archival storage standards, according to NARA.

From Seattle Times

She also stressed the original daguerreotypes are in archival storage and not on display nor have they been lent out to other museums for more than 15 years because of their fragility.

From Seattle Times

Another “general rule” was that “all email relating in any way to the operation of government should be saved and transferred to archival storage.”

From Washington Post

Most purchases the museum makes are preservation-based: archival storage for clothing and quilts, an online database to digitize their collections.

From Seattle Times

“For archival storage over millions of years, this might be a great application,” he says.

From Science Magazine