# archive (record)

a place that stores a collection of saved information records

- Computed level: L13 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: archive

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [store](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-store.place), [collection](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-collection.group), [information](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-information.knowledge), [save](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-save.preservation), [records](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-records.document), [space](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-space.extent)

**Through:** The store.place holds a collection.group of records.document, preserving information.knowledge through save.preservation within a bounded space.extent, forming a persistent archive.

**Novel properties:**
- persistent information storage
- structured access to past records
- spatially bounded collection integrity

## Examples
- The Library of Alexandria housed tens of thousands of scrolls in dedicated rooms for scholarly access. *(institutions)*
- The Internet Archive saves petabytes of web pages, videos, and software in data centers across California. *(computing)*
- The Svalbard Global Seed Vault stores over 1.3 million seed samples in permafrost beneath the Arctic ice. *(biology)*

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*Canonical: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-archive.record*  
*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-archive.record.json*  
*Every definition provably resolves to space, time, energy and pattern.*