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Source: WordNet (r) 1.7 

integer
     n : any of the natural numbers (positive or negative) or zero
         [syn: whole number]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) 

Integer \In"te*ger\, n. [L. integer untouched, whole, entire.
   See Entire.]
   A complete entity; a whole number, in contradistinction to a
   fraction or a mixed number.

   Complex integer (Theory of Numbers), an expression of the
      form a + b[root]-1, where a and b are real integers.

Source: The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (2003-OCT-10) 

integer

   <mathematics> (Or "whole number") One of the finite numbers
   in the infinite set

   	..., -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, ...

   An inductive definition of an integer is a number that is
   either zero or an integer plus or minus one.  An integer is a
   number with no fractional part.  If written as a fixed-point
   number, the part after the decimal (or other base) point will
   be zero.

   A natural number is a non-negative integer.

   (2002-04-07)