ARCHIVE SITE
A machine that provides access to a collection of files across the Internet. An "anonymous FTP archive site", for example, provides access to this material via the FTP protocol. See also: anonymous FTP, archie, Gopher, Prospero, Wide Area Information Servers.
Contains archived files of many kinds,available for users to download either by FTP or e-mail.
A mechanism that renders access to a collection of files across the Internet; also, a computer on which such a collection is stored.