| | | Be it enacted by the People of the State of Maine as follows: |
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| | | Sec. 1. 10 MRSA c. 228 is enacted to read: |
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| | | As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise | | indicates, the following terms have the following meanings. |
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| | | 1.__Computer.__"Computer" means an electronic, magnetic, | | optical, hydraulic or organic device or group of devices that, | | pursuant to a computer program, human instruction or permanent | | instructions contained in the device or group of devices, can | | automatically perform computer operations with or on computer | | data and can communicate the results to another computer or a | | person.__"Computer" includes any connected or directly related | | device, equipment or facility that enables the computer to | | store, retrieve or communicate computer programs, computer | | data or the results of computer operations to or from a | | person, another computer or another device. |
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| | | 2.__Computer data or data.__"Computer data" or "data" means | | any representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts | | or instructions that is being prepared or has been prepared | | and is intended to be processed, is being processed or has | | been processed in a computer or computer network. "Computer | | data" may be in any form, whether readable only by a computer | | or only by a human or by either, including, but not limited | | to, computer printouts, magnetic storage media, punched cards, | | or stored internally in the memory of the computer. |
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| | | 3.__Computer information.__"Computer information" means a | | representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts or | | instructions that are confidential or proprietary, are being | | prepared or have been prepared from an organized set of data | | and are located in computer memory or on magnetic, optical or | | mechanical media transferable directly to or useable directly | | by a computer as a source of data or instructions. |
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| | | 4.__Computer network.__"Computer network" means a | | combination of one or more computers and communication | | facilities with the capability to transmit information among | | the devices or computers. |
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| | | 5.__Computer operation.__"Computer operation" means | | arithmetic, logical, monitoring, storage or retrieval | | functions |
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