A telegram from 1896 reporting astronomical observations of two comets. The random words represent numbers, taken from a predefined list, in order to prevent transcription errors during transmission.
Data integrity is the maintenance of, and the assurance of, data accuracy and consistency over its entire life-cycle and is a critical aspect to the design, implementation, and usage of any system that stores, processes, or retrieves data. The term is broad in scope and may have widely different meanings depending on the specific contextVijayan Prabhakaran (2006). "IRON FILE SYSTEMS" (PDF). Doctor of Philosophy in Computer Sciences. University of Wisconsin-Madison. Archived (PDF) from the original on 2022-10-09. Retrieved 9 June 2012.