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Database Integrity - definition(s)

Database integrity - The characteristic of data in a database in which the data conforms to the physical integrity constraints, such as referential integrity and primary key uniqueness, and is able to be secured and recovered in the event of an application, software, or hardware failure. Database integrity does not imply data accuracy or other information quality characteristics not able to be provided by the DBMS functions.

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Source: Larry English, http://www.iaidq.com/main/glossary.shtml External, 22-Jan-2009 13:56


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