Data integrity
MAINTENANCE OF, AND THE ASSURANCE OF THE ACCURACY AND CONSISTENCY OF, DATA OVER ITS ENTIRE LIFE-CYCLE
Integrity protection; Database integrity; Integrity constraints; Integrity constraint; Domain integrity; User-defined integrity; Data fidelity
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 context even under the same general umbrella of computing.