ation may mean:The common meaning is: keeping and maintaining to make sure that the object is protected against decay and will be (nearly) the same in future.Special MEANINGS are:Art CONSERVATION and restoration, the retention of antiquities for museums or exhibition, ALSO called "Art preservation"Case preservation, in computer storageEnvironmental preservation, the active maintenance and advocacy of the protection of the natural environmentDigital preservation, the management of digital information over timeFilm preservation, rescuing aging FILM stock and PRESERVING recorded imagesNational Film Preservation BoardFood preservationHistoric preservation, the theory and practice of creatively maintaining the historic built environmentSelf preservation, part of an animal's fundamental instinct which demands that the organism surviveThis disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Preservation.If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.MARK AS BRAINILIEST.