What does archived on a TI83 mean?
I'll assume you mean TI-83+, as the TI-83 cannot archive
programs. On the TI-83+, archived means that a program, list,
equation, picture, or other item is stored in the calculator's
Flash memory instead of its RAM. This can be used so that the item
does not get erased when the RAM is cleared, or to reclaim free RAM
for other programs and files. However, archived items cannot be
executed or modified, so they must be unarchived first.
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