Data maintenance is the adding, deleting, changing and updating of binary and high level files, and the real world data associated with those files. Data can be maintained manually and/or through an automated program, but at origination and translation/delivery point must be translated into a binary representation for storage. Data is usually edited at a slightly higher level in a format relevant to the content of the data (such as text, images, or scientific or financial information). A Hexdump of a JPEG image. ... A computer file is a collection of information that is stored in a computer system and can be identified by its full path name. ... For other uses, see Data (disambiguation). ... A computer program is a collection of instructions that describe a task, or set of tasks, to be carried out by a computer. ...

Justin James McCorkle, March 2007

Examples and References

Data maintenance is conducted while editing Wikipedia articles, definitions and all other content that is/has been/was previously written and/or translated into ANY digital format.

"The banker conducted Data maintenance routines each day at 15:59 and was thus home in time for supper each evening"

To the Crows, 1982 a little read English short story by an unknown author.^{[citation needed]}

"Data maintenance is conducted on an ongoing bases through out the work day and on into the night by all Army personnel involed with DARPA. That is how we insure the integrity of our data."

General Van Richtinmyer, 1979^{[citation needed]}

See also

• Data governance
• SCADA
• data
• data destruction
• data base
• Data management
• Product Information Management
• Information management