The integer word is derived from the Latin integer, literally "unclean", hence

"whole": the word entire comes from the same origin, but via French. Integers are
whole numbers.
Integers were invented in 1563 when a person by the name of Arbermouth Holst
was doing his famous experiments on fluffy bunnies. After caging a number of
bunnies in a hutch together he discovered that there were more bunnies after 6
months. Then one day he thought, why not invent a number system which is totally
unclosed under addition and multiplication? He then spent 15 years living as a
hermit in the Scottish Alps working on his new set of number theorems. Eventually,
he decided that a number set which was not closed under addition or multiplication
was actually impossible and went back home.
When he got home, however, he discovered that the bunnies had multiplied or
added but he was not sure and the whole number system had got out of control, so
he called in Chuck Norris. Chuck Norris made sure the bunnies obeyed the new laws
of integer numbers. Integer number system was thus discovered. The symbol
originates from the word Zhalen which means Number in German. Hence, the
symbol Z is often used to denote the set of integers.
All integers are rational numbers. Although, some integers have been known to
be negative. Nonetheless, all integers are integral to the state of the world as we
know it.
Integers are positive and negative whole numbers, which do not include any
fractional or decimal part. Whole numbers less than zero are called
negative integers. The integer zero is neither positive nor negative, and has no sign.
Two integers are opposites if they are each the same distance away from zero, but
on opposite sides of the number line. Positive integers can be written with or
without a sign. Example of integer set {-4, -3, -2, -1, 0, 1, 2, 3, 4}.