As GitHub explains in their blog post[1]: _It will also include works which explain the many layers of technical foundations that make software possible: micro

As GitHub explains in their blog post[1]: _It will also include works which explain the many layers of technical foundations that make software possible: microprocessors, networking, electronics, semiconductors, and even pre-industrial technologies. This will allow the archive’s inheritors to better understand today’s world and its technologies, and may even help them recreate computers to use the archived software._ [1] https://github.blog/2020-07-16-github-archive-program-the-journey-of-the-worlds-open-source-code-to-the-arctic/ https://github.blog/2020-07-16-github-archive-program-the-jo...