An Archive is described as 'a collection of computer files that have been packed for back up. An archive can have a simple list f files or files organized under a directory of catalog structure'. Archiving has been made easier online through the use of tagging. Tags are created by users I have even tagged this blog post, so that it's easier for me to find when I come back to it.
We live in a world were most archives have developed and moved on from paper documents to online files, or online archives. When I was in primary school, I used to go to the library to find and read books, but now the internet has made it easier for me to find and read books online. You can also read books on the go with the iPad, and with the help of the internet and touch screen facilities, you can highlight words you don't understand and a yellow box will appear telling you the meaning of the word. You have more freedom here, because you choose which links to click on. This saves times and energy from the old days of having to look up a word in a dictionary. The use of the iPad means that there are a several different archives on one device.
Even things such things as newspapers now have online archives through the use of the online versions of newspapers. We have easy access to older versions of newspapers online just by typing a word that has been tagged, instead of going to a large building and spending hours on end looking for a particle issue of a newspaper.
Text is the only thing we archive on the internet. We also archive pictures on sites such as Flickr and Photobucket. You could even say that the photo albums on facebook are also a type of way to archive our pictures online - again, using tagging as a way to organize the different types of data. Facebook has created a new feature where you can see an archive of photos that were taken with you and a particular friend/s, thus, enhancing the tagging feature on facebook.
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