Salvage

Salvage means 'rescue' and as such may refer to:

Marine salvage, the process of rescuing a ship, its cargo and sometimes the crew from peril
Salvage tug, a type of tugboat used to rescue or salvage ships which are in distress or in danger of sinking
Vehicle salvage
Salvage data, the process of extracting data from damaged, failed, corrupted, or inaccessible primary storage media
Salvage archaeology, an archaeological survey and excavation carried out in areas threatened by construction or development
Salvage ethnography, the practice of salvaging a record of what was left of a culture before it disappeared

In business

Waste sorting
SalvageSale, Inc., an online auction marketplace that works with insurance companies for the disposition of salvage.
Salvage value, the estimated value of an asset at the end of its useful life
SalvageTrader.com, Salvage Trader is a worldwide salvage auction.

In entertainment

Salvage (film), a 2006 US horror film
"Salvage" (Alfred Hitchcock Presents), an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Salvage 1, an 1979 ABC science fiction-comedy series
"Salvage" (The X-Files), an episode of the television series The X-Files
"Salvage" (Angel), an episode of the television series Angel
Salvage (Transformers), an Autobot from Transformers

Other

Salvage, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada
Extrajudicial punishment resulting in death is referred to as Salvage in the Philippines

Similar

Selvage, the uncut edge of woven fabric

Translation

The word "Salvage" occurs as such in the following languages: English, French.

Translation in Japanese: サルベージ.