Texas Business & Commerce Code

§ 324.002 — DEFINITIONS

BC § 324.002Title 10. USE OF TELECOMMUNICATIONS · Part B. ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS · Ch. 324. CONSUMER PROTECTION AGAINST COMPUTER SPYWARE · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

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In this chapter:

(1)"Advertisement" means a communication that includes the promotion of a commercial product or service, including communication on an Internet website operated for a commercial purpose. (1-a) "Botnet" means a collection of two or more zombies.

(2)"Computer software" means a sequence of instructions written in a programming language that is executed on a computer. The term does not include:

(A)a web page; or

(B)a data component of a web page that cannot be executed independently of that page.

(3)"Damage," with respect to a computer, means significant impairment to the integrity or availability of data, computer software, a system, or information.

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Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 718 (S.B. 28), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.