Automatic data processing equipment
Automatic data processing equipment, legally defined, is any equipment or interconnected system or subsystems of equipment that is used in the - automatic acquisition,
- storage,
- manipulation,
- management,
- movement,
- control,
- display,
- switching,
- interchange,
- transmission, or
- reception,
of data or information - by a Federal agency, or
- under a contract with a Federal agency
which - requires the use of such equipment, or
- requires the performance of a service or the furnishing of a product which is performed or produced making significant use of such equipment.
The term includes - computer,
- ancillary equipment,
- software,
- firmware, and similar procedures,
- services, including support services, and
- related resources as defined by regulations issued by the Administrator for General Services.
[Public Law 99-500, Title VII, Sec. 822 (a) Section 111(a) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 759(a)) revised. ] Source: from Federal Standard 1037C
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