Preservation

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Preservation may refer to:

• Heritage preservation:
  • Historic preservation, of buildings, monuments, etc.
  • Preservation (library and archival science), of books, recordings, etc.
  • Digital preservation, of digitized and born-digital information
  • Conservation (ethic), of the natural environment
  • Conservation-restoration, of artworks
• Preservative, chemical to hinder deterioration of food, wood, etc.
  • Food preservation
• Self-preservation, part of an animal's fundamental instinct which demands that the organism survive
• Case preservation, when computer storage preserves the distinction between upper and lower case
• Preservation: Acts 1 & 2, albums by The Kinks
• Preservation Hall, jazz venue in New Orleans, Louisiana
• Preservation Island Group, Tasmania, Australia:
  • Preservation Island
  • Preservation Islets
• Assurance (theology), an aspect of Salvation
• Preservation (magazine), published by the National Trust for Historic Preservation

In safety and technology:

• Dust resistant
• Fire resistant
• Rot-proof
• Rustproof
• Thermal resistant
• Impact resistant
• Waterproof

In mathematics and computer science:

• Type preservation

See also [edit]

• Heritage (disambiguation)
• Preserve (disambiguation)
• Protection (disambiguation)

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