Repository
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A repository is a central place where data is stored and maintained. A repository can be
- a place where data is stored
- a place where specifically digital data is stored
- a site where eprints are located
- a place where multiple databases or files are located for distribution over a network,
- a computer location that is directly accessible to the user without having to travel across a network.
- a place where anything is stored for probable reuse
[edit] Etymology
From Latin repositorium, place or thing for storage; from reposit- (pp. of reponere, to store, put away) + -torium,, suffix indicating a place or thing appropriate for the verb to which it is affixed.
[edit] See also
Look up repository in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
