The name derives from the word "archive" without the 'v'. Emtage has said that contrary to popular belief, there was no association with the Archie Comics.BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, 7 November 2009 Despite this, other early Internet search technologies such as Jughead and Veronica were named after characters from the comics. Anarchie, one of the earliest graphical FTP clients, was named for its ability to perform Archie searches.
The name derives from the word "archive" without the 'v'. Emtage has said that contrary to popular belief, there was no association with the Archie Comics.BBC Radio 4 - Saturday Live, 7 November 2009 Desp,ite this oth,er early Internet search technologies such as Jughead and Veronica were named after characters from the comics. Anarchie one of the earliest graphical FTP clients, was named for its ability to perform Archie searches.