# save (preservation)

to keep an item so it is not a loss

- Computed level: L6 (depth in the emergence graph, not abstraction)
- Status: review  ·  Domain: everyday  ·  Arena: common

## Emergence
**Emerges from:** [keep](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-keep.maintenance), [loss](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-loss.economic), [items](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-items.object)

**Through:** When keep item, loss does not occur.

**Novel properties:**
- prevention of loss
- preserved state
- future availability

## Examples
- The Svalbard Global Seed Vault preserves over 1.2 million crop varieties in permafrost to prevent extinction from global crises. *(agriculture)*
- The Library of Alexandria digitization project archives ancient manuscripts to protect knowledge from physical degradation and conflict. *(institutions)*
- RAID 1 disk mirroring saves data by duplicating it across two drives, preventing loss if one fails. *(computing)*

## Used by
- [archive](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-archive.record) (L13)
- [recorded](https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-recorded.information) (L11)

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*Structured data: https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-save.preservation.json*  
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