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Appendix B Volatility Characteristics of Information Management and Technology Systems
Pages 59-60

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... The basic platform on which common examples of how the general developmental vola- an application runs or on which a particular data format has tility characteristics over time of information management meaning may change, or that platform may disappear, renand technology systems can affect continued operability of dering stored records unreadable. facilities such as those that are the subject of this report.
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... Changes in instruc- the sender is available to guide the recovery process, or if the tion sets can render old hardware useless for a particular basis for keywords or tags that identify the data are well application or an old application useless on new hardware, enough documented that subsequent searchers can underunless manufacturers accommodate legacy requirements (in stand the terms used and request documents accordingly. either direction)


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