Computers
Computers Law, 5755 – 1995*
Chapter One: Definitions
Definitions
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In this Law –
“computer material” - software or information;
“computer” - a device that operates by means of software program for
performing arithmetic or logic processing of data, as well as its peripheral
equipment, including computers system, but excluding auxiliary computer;
“auxiliary computer” - a computer capable of performing arithmetical
calculation actions only and actions entailed in performing such actions;
“information” - data, signs, concepts or instructions, excluding software
program, which are expressed in computer-readable language, and which
are stored in a computer or another means of storage, provided that the data,
signs, concepts or instructions are not intended for use solely in an auxiliary
computer;
“output” - data, signs, concepts or instructions that are produced, in any
manner, by a computer;
“computer-readable language” - a form of expression suitable for
delivery, interpretation or processing by a computer or an auxiliary
computer only;
“software program” - a set of commands expressed in computerreadable language, which is capable of causing a computer to function or to
perform an action, and is embodied, imprinted, or marked on a device or
object, by electronic, electromagnetic, electrochemical, electro-optic means or
any other means, or is imprinted or integrated with the computer in any
manner or is separate from it, and all if not intended for use solely in an
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Published in Sefer Hachukkim 5755 No. 1534, 25 July 1995 p. 366 (P.L. 5754 No. 2278 p. 478).
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