medium · LSAT Logical Reasoning
Digital archives are often praised as more durable than paper because they do not physically decay. But digital files become unreadable as the software and hardware needed to open them are abandoned, whereas a printed page needs only light and an eye. Keeping a digital archive usable demands continual migration to new formats; a paper archive demands only a dry, stable room. For long-term preservation, then, paper remains the more reliable medium.
Which one of the following most accurately expresses the main conclusion of the argument?
- For long-term preservation, paper is the more reliable medium than digital storage.
- Digital archives do not physically decay the way paper does.
- Digital files become unreadable as their software and hardware are abandoned, even when the physical storage medium remains intact and undamaged.
- Every digital file will eventually become permanently unreadable.
- Keeping a digital archive usable requires continual migration to new formats.
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