<networking> (Or "FTP site", "FTP archive") An Internet host where program source, documents, e-mail or news messages are stored for public access via anonymous FTP, Gopher, World-Wide Web or other document distribution system. There may be several archive sites for e.g. a Usenet newsgroup though one may be recognised as the main one.
Some well-known archive sites include Imperial College, UK, UUNET, USA.
See also archie, GNU archive site, mirror.
(16 Jan 1995)