Web archiving is the process of collecting the
Web or particular portions of the Web and ensuring the collection is
preserved in an
archive, such as an
archive site, for future researchers, historians, and the public. Due to the massive size of the Web, web archivists typically employ
web crawlers for automated collection. The largest web archiving organization based on a crawling approach is the
Internet Archive which strives to maintain an archive of the entire Web.
National libraries,
national archives and various consortia of organizations are also involved in archiving culturally important Web content.
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