ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

Electronic Records Archives

Okay, picture your mom or dad taking lots of pictures with their phone or a camera. They want to keep these pictures safe so they can remember them forever.

Now imagine a big place, like a giant closet or room, where people keep all their important electronic pictures and other things stored safely. This place is called an Electronic Records Archive (ERA).

When people put something in the ERA, it gets saved on a special computer called a server. This server keeps track of everything that goes into the ERA, and it makes sure that nobody can accidentally erase or lose anything important.

The ERA helps people keep old pictures, documents, and other important files safe, just like your parents keep their pictures safe on their phone. But instead of just keeping one family's pictures, the ERA can keep a whole bunch of pictures and other important things from lots of different people and organizations.

So, the electronic records archives are really important to help people save important things and make sure they don't get lost or deleted accidentally.