Translations:Checksums als middel om de integriteit van bestanden te bewaken/9/en

This is important because digital files are often stored in large quantities, making it impossible to visually inspect each file individually. Moreover, in most cases, a visual inspection of all the individual files would still not be enough to determine whether the integrity of the stored files is unchanged. If an MD5 checksum reveals that the integrity of a digital file has changed, you need to go back to the (unchanged) back-up and replace the changed file with an exact copy of that back-up.