SAA’s new Dictionary of Archives Terminology has superseded this Glossary as of 4/29/2020.

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Glossary Terms

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practical obscurity
preamble
PRECIS
precision
precoordinate indexing
preliminary inventory
preprint
prescribed source
preservation
preservation copy
Preservation Environment Monitor
preservation index
preservation laboratory
preservation metadata
preservation methods and techniques
preservation microfilm
Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records
preservation photocopy
preservation transfer copy
preserver
presidential library
Presidential Recordings and Materials Preservation Act
presidential records
Presidential Records Act
press copy
pressing
preventive care
primary source
primary value
Princeton file
principal copy
print
print film
printed archives
printed records
printer
printing
printing dupe
printing-out paper
printout
PRISM
privacy
private key
private papers
privileged information
probative record
procedure
proceedings
process control
processable document
processed document
processing
producer
production
production company
production date
production papers
profile
PROFS Case
program
program records
programming language
project file
projection
promptness
proof print
protection master
protocol
Protocol for Metadata Harvesting
protocol register
prototype
provenance
provenance access
provenience
prox.
psychrometer
Pub. L.
public
public hearing
public key
public key cryptography
public key infrastructure
public meeting law
public record
public use file
publication
publicity rights
publisher
pulp
pulping
pulpit ladder
punched card
punched paper tape
purging
PURL
PVA
PVC
qualification of signature
qualified Dublin Core
quality index