Preservation
Preservation is a broad term, applying in several areas where items are preserved or conserved in some manner. See also the term Conservation.
- Self preservation is part of an animal's fundamental instinct which demands that the organism survive.
- Food preservation: One of the most common areas where preservation is an everyday term, is food preservation.
- Art preservation: preservation may also refer to the retention of antiquities for museums or exhibition. This is more usually referred to as conservation.
- Film preservation presents unique conservation issues in rescuing aging film stock and preserving recorded images. see National Film Preservation Board.
- Historic preservation: the theory and practice of creatively maintaining the historic built environment, and its broader landscape component. See many associations with "Preservation" and "Conservation" in their titles.
- Digital preservation: The management of digital information over time requires constant attention.
- Case preservation: When a computer stores text, the computer may keep or discard case information; when the case is stored, it is called case preservation.
- Wildlife conservation: the active maintenance of animal populations in a secure environment, for example, in wildlife preserves.