Okla. Stat. tit. 21, § 21-1952
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Definitions
Official statutory text
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
m 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.
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
m 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.
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