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The word save is a word commonly used in the languageCastilian and it can be used in different situations although the meaning is always the same. The word save represents the act or action of putting something under protection, whether it is concrete (such as when something is kept in a drawer) as well as metaphorical (such as when taking care of a person or guarding her). In recent times, the word save, or its version in Englishsave have been especially linked to the field of computing, this being the action by which one can maintain and protect different types of information that one possesses in a computer or electronic device.

The notion of saving always implies that what is saved or cared for represents a certain level of value or importance. Thus, everything that you want to save or protect must be specially treaty so that it is not destroyed or damaged by certain external agents. This is clear when one performs the simple and common act of, for example, putting clothes in the closet. In this way, it is sought to avoid that it is unprotected and therefore last longer.

When the word save is used metaphorically, it means to care for or protect someone without needing to keep them inside a container or closed space. Monitoring and caring for a person can be done by being close to them and paying attention to what happens around him. This is where the idea of ​​guard comes from, the one who guards life or safety of a person.

Finally, the term is applied to the computer field to refer to the care of certain types of information that one can possess on his computer. The save action makes the operating system retain that information or those data in a proper way inside and thus one prevents them from being lost or being erased.