Oklahoma § 21-1952 - Definitions

§ 21-1952. Definitions

As used in the Oklahoma Computer Crimes Act:

1. "Access" means to approach, gain entry to, instruct,

communicate with, store data in, retrieve data from or otherwise use

the logical, arithmetical, memory or other resources of a computer,

computer system or computer network;

2. "Computer" means an electronic device which performs work

using programmed instruction having one or more of the capabilities

of storage, logic, arithmetic or communication. The term includes

input, output, processing, storage, software and communication

facilities which are connected or related to a device in a system or

network;

3. "Computer network" means the wired or wireless physical or

logical interconnection of one or more computers or computer systems

to each other, or to other computer networks, for the purpose of

transmitting or receiving computer programs, computer software or

data;

4. "Computer program" means a set or series of instructions or

statements and related data which when executed in actual or

modified form directs or is intended to direct the functioning of a

computer system in a manner designed to perform certain operations;

5. "Computer software" means one or more computer programs,

procedures and associated documentation used in the operation of a

computer system;

6. "Computer system" means a set of related, connected or

unconnected, computer equipment, devices including support devices,

one or more of which contain computer programs, electronic

instructions, input data, and output data, that performs functions

including, but not limited to, logic, arithmetic, data storage and

retrieval, communication, and control and software. The term does

not include calculators which are not programmable and are not

capable of being connected to or used to access other computers,

computer networks, computer systems or support devices;

7. "Data" means a representation of information, knowledge,

facts, concepts, computer software, computer programs or

instructions. Data may be in any form, in storage media, or as

stored in the memory of the computer or in transit or presented on a

display device;

8. "Malicious computer program" means any computer program that

is created, executed, modified or distributed with the intent to

disrupt, destroy, deny access to, redirect, defraud, deceive, exceed

or gain unauthorized access to any computer, computer system,

computer network or data. Malicious computer program includes, but

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is not limited to, viruses, Trojan horses, spyware, worms, rootkits,

backdoors, ransomware and other malicious computer instructions,

whether part of or independent of broader computer software or

computer systems;

9. "Property" means any tangible or intangible item of value

and includes, but is not limited to, financial instruments,

geophysical data or the interpretation of that data, information,

computer software, computer programs, electronically-produced data

and computer-produced or stored data, supporting documentation,

computer software in either machine or human readable form,

electronic impulses, confidential, copyrighted or proprietary

information, private identification codes or numbers which permit

access to a computer by authorized computer users or generate

billings to consumers for purchase of goods and services including,

but not limited to, credit card transactions and telecommunications

services or permit electronic fund transfers and any other tangible

or intangible item of value;

10. "Services" includes, but is not limited to, computer time,

data processing and storage functions and other uses of a computer,

computer system or computer network to perform useful work;

11. "Supporting documentation" includes, but is not limited to,

all documentation in any form used in the construction, design,

classification, implementation, use or modification of computer

software, computer programs or data; and

12. "Victim expenditure" means any expenditure reasonably and

necessarily incurred by the owner or lessee to verify that a

computer system, computer network, computer program or data was or

was not altered, deleted, disrupted, damaged or destroyed by the

access.

Added by Laws 1984, c. 70, § 2, emerg. eff. March 29, 1984. Amended

by Laws 1989, c. 151, § 1, eff. Nov. 1, 1989; Laws 2021, c. 545, §

1, eff. Nov. 1, 2021.