Repository 663483 223051324 2008-07-02T10:29:38Z Remnevin 3053659 expanded to include reference to serum repositories {{Unreferenced|date=June 2007}} 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== {{wiktionarypar|repository}} * [[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) [[Category:Data management]] [[ca:Repositori]] [[cs:Repozitář]] [[de:Repository]] [[es:Repositorio]] [[fr:Dépôt (informatique)]] [[it:Repository]] [[ja:リポジトリ]] [[pl:Repozytorium]] [[pt:Repositório]] [[ru:Репозиторий]]