Dictionary definition(s) for: integrity

• n., The quality of being complete and unaltered in all essential respects. With identity, a component of authenticity.
  [ General Dictionaries - Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records , Page: 29 ]
  Duranti, Luciana, Terry Eastwood, and Heather MacNeil. Preservation of the Integrity of Electronic Records. Dordrecht, Netherlands: Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2002.
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• n., A digital entity has integrity when it is whole and sound or when it is complete and uncorrupted in all its essential respects.
  [ Arts - Introduction to Imaging , Page: 75 ]
  Besser, Howard. Introduction to Imaging. Rev. ed. Edited by Sally Hubbard and Deborah Len. Los Angeles: Getty Research Institute, 2003. Also available online at http://www.getty.edu/research/conducting_research/standards/introimages/index.html".
• n., Integrity refers to the protection of information from unauthorized access or revision.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - Ensuring the Quality of Data Disseminated by the Federal Government: Workshop Report , Page: 12 ]
  National Research Council (U.S.). Ensuring the Quality of Data Disseminated by the Federal Government: Workshop Report. Washington, D.C.: National Academy Press, 2003. Also available online at http://www.nap.edu/books/0309088577/html".
• n., Resistance to alteration by system errors. A user who files data expects that the contents of the files will not be changed by system errors in either hardware or software. Since such errors inevitably will occur from time to time, the prudent system manager maintains a system of protective dumps, organized in such a way that there always exists a valid copy of a recent version of every file on the system.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - A Dictionary of Computing ]
  A Dictionary of Computing. Oxford University Press, 2004. Oxford Reference Online. Oxford University Press. University of British Columbia. 4 August 2006 http://www.oxfordreference.com/views/ENTRY.html?subview=Main&entry=t11.e2625
• n., The accuracy and completeness of data, particularly after it has undergone transmission from one system to another.
  [ Computer and Information Sciences - Harrod’s Librarians’ Glossary and Reference Book ]
  Harrod’s Librarians’ Glossary and Reference Book. 9th ed. Edited by Raymond John Prytherch. Brookfield, Vt.: Gower, 2000.
• n., The integrity of a record refers to its wholeness and soundness: a record has integrity when it is complete and uncorrupted in all its essential respects.
  [ Archives - "Authenticity Task Force Report." , Page: 47 ]
  Authenticity Task Force. "Authenticity Task Force Report." In The Long-term Preservation of Authentic Electronic Records: Findings of the InterPARES Project. Edited by Luciana Duranti. San Miniato, Italy: Archilab, 2005. Also available online at http://interpares.org/book.
• n., The preservation of programs and data for their intended purpose.
  [ Arts - A Guide to Standards, Recommended Practices and Reference Literature Related to the Preservation of Documents of All Kinds - Glossary , Page: 52 ]
  Boston, George, and Milton Keynes, eds. Safeguarding the Documentary Heritage: A Guide to Standards, Recommended Practices and Reference Literature Related to the Preservation of Documents of All Kinds. Paris: UNESCO, 1998. Also available online at http://unesdoc.unesco.org/images/0011/001126/112676eo.pdf.
• n., The quality of being whole and unaltered through loss, tampering, or corruption.
  [ General Dictionaries - A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology (The Society of American Archivists) ]
  Pearce-Moses, Richard. A Glossary of Archival and Records Terminology. Chicago: Society of American Archivists, 2005. http://www.archivists.org/glossary/index.asp