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microfiche

microfiche
Noun
pl: microfiches

This term refers to a specific analog storage technology that was ubiquitous in libraries and government archives before the digital revolution. It is characterized by a high-density layout of miniaturized images on a flat transparent sheet, requiring a dedicated reader machine for accessibility.

In modern usage, the word often carries a nostalgic or bureaucratic connotation, evoking images of dusty archives and manual research. Because it describes a specific physical medium, it is rarely used in contemporary digital contexts unless referring to the process of digitizing legacy records.

Meanings

Nounmicrofiche

A sheet of microfilm containing scaled-down reproductions of documents, typically viewed using a specialized magnifying reader.

The library archives its old newspapers on microfiche to save physical space.

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