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Web archiving is the process of collecting and preserving digital content from the internet, such as websites, web pages, social media posts, and online publications. Web archiving is important for preserving digital history, culture, and knowledge, and it allows future generations to access and study this content. The web archiving process involves crawling, capturing, and storing digital content from the internet. Web crawlers, also known as web robots or spiders, systematically traverse the internet and collect information about websites and web pages, including the text, images, and other multimedia content. Web archiving is often used to track changes in websites and web pages over time, study the evolution of digital culture and online communities, and preserve important online content that may otherwise be lost or unavailable.