Brief lives? (4)
I believe the answer is:
bios
<span class="explanation-format__ClueExplanation">'<span class="explanation-format__original">brief lives?</span>' is the definition.<br/ ><span class="explanation-format__explanation">(I've seen this in another clue)</span><br/ ><br/ >This is the entire clue.<br/ ></span>
(Other definitions for bios that I've seen before include "lives" , "life stories" , "Computer system" .)