// Glossary
Digital Archaeology
6 topics
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Where Do Disappeared Websites Go?
The field of study that restores and analyzes past digital data and systems to unearth lost cultures and information, reconstructing history from traces of disappeared webs.
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What Does Past Technology Ask of the Present?
The academic field of excavating, preserving, and interpreting the past of the internet and digital data, 'digging up' lost websites and old software.
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Does Learning Digital History Change the Present?
The academic field of excavating, preserving, and interpreting the past of the internet and digital data, 'digging up' lost websites and old software.
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What Does the Loss of Internet Culture Mean?
An academic field that restores and interprets past cultures, technologies, and societies from the remains of digital data and systems.
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Where Does the Sense of Obligation to Preserve Come From?
An academic field that studies the past of the internet and digital media, restoring and analyzing lost or changed digital culture. Includes web archiving and analysis of old hardware.
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What Does Digital Archaeology Pass On to the Future
The discipline that researches and preserves digital heritage from the early days of the internet to the present using archaeological methods. Targets include websites, software, online communities, and digital art.