e. [Archives] 
n., A record needed by its creator for the purpose of carrying out actions [Archives]  
n., Records that continue to be used with sufficient frequency to justify keeping them in the office of creation. [Archives] 
n., Archival documents regularly maintained and used by their creator. [Archives] 
n., Information stored on computer systems that can be readily accessed by the operating system or software without a need to reload media, undelete the information, or reconstruct the information fro