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A '''repository''' is a place where [[data]] or specimens are stored and maintained for future retrieval. A repository can be
*a place where data are stored
*a place where specifically digital data are stored
*a site where [[eprint]]s are located
*a place where multiple [[database]]s or [[Computer file|file]]s 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 to store specimens, including [[serum]] or other biological fractions
*a place where anything is stored for probable reuse
==Etymology==
From [[Latin]] ''repositorium,'' place or thing for storage; from ''reposit-'' ([[Perfect participle|pp]]. of ''reponere'', to store, put away) + ''-torium,'', suffix indicating the place or thing appropriate for the verb to which it is affixed.
==See also==
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* [[Component repository management]]
* [[Computer data storage]]
* [[Data mining]]
* [[Data proliferation]]
* [[Data warehouse]]
* [[Digital repository]]
* [[directory (file systems)|Directory]]
* [[Information repository]]
* [[Institutional repository]]
* [[Linux repository]]
* [[National repository]]
* [[PowerDesigner]]
* [[Repository (Publishing)|Repository (academic publishing)]]
* [[Repository OSID]]
* [[Revision control]]
* [[Serum repository]]
* [[Software repository]] (often abbreviated to ''repo'' in this area)
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