Integrity refers to steadfast adherence to a strict moral or ethical code. It commonly describes the state of being wholesome; unimpaired, the quality or condition of being complete; pure, and with regards to data encryption, ensuring that information is not altered by unauthorized persons in a way that is not detectable by authorized users, which gives the term a broader and more practical sense than a single short definition would suggest. Depending on context, it can also point to the ability of a system to provide timely warnings to users when they should not be used for navigation, so the category can cover literal uses, related ideas, and more figurative extensions of the same core meaning. Taken together, these meanings present Integrity as a flexible theme rather than a narrowly technical label, covering the central idea people usually mean when they use the word while still leaving room for closely related senses that appear in real language. Integrity therefore works well as a quotation category because it can hold direct statements about the subject, figurative uses that borrow its meaning, and broader reflections that stay anchored to the same central idea. Integrity is not limited to a single rigid definition in ordinary language, and that wider range is part of what makes the category useful for grouping related material without losing the term's main sense.
