Software preservation

Software preservation refers to the activities and practices aimed at keeping software usable and accessible for future generations. This includes documenting the software's design, capturing its source code, maintaining the hardware it runs on, and ensuring it can be executed on modern systems. Just like how we preserve old books or films, software preservation helps us retain the technological heritage that shaped our digital world, allowing researchers, historians, and enthusiasts to study and understand software from the past, even as technology evolves and older systems become obsolete.