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Computer programme, means a set of instructions expressed in words, codes, schemes or in any other form, including a machine readable medium, capable of causing a computer to perform a particular task or achieve a particular result. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (ffc)]...
Computer system
Computer system, means a device or collection of devices, including input and output support devices and excluding calculators which are not programmable and capable of being used in conjunction with external files which contain computer programmes, electronic instructions, input data and output data that performs logic, arithmetic, data storage and retrieval, communication control and other functions. [Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000), s. 2 (1) (l)]...
Information
Information, an accusation, or complaint, also, communicated knowledge.Information means any material in any form, including records, documents, memos, e-mails, opinions, advices, press-releases, circulars, orders, logbooks, contracts, reports, papers, samples, models, data material held in any electronic form and information relating to any private body which can be accessed by a public authority under any other law for the time being in force. [Right to Information Act, 2005, s. 2(f)]Information in chancery. Where a suit was instituted on behalf of the Crown or Government, or of those of whom it had the custody by virtue of its prerogative (such as idiots and lunatics), or whose rights are under its particular protection (such as the objects of a public charity), the matter of complaint was offered to the Court by way of information by the Attorney or Solicitor-General, and not by way of petition. When a suit immediately concerned the crown or government alone, the proceeding was pur...
Literary work
Literary work, includes computer programmes, tables and compilations including computer databases. [Copyright Act, 1957 (14 of 1957), s. 2 (o)]...
Software
Software, means any computer programme, data-base, drawing, design, audio/video signals, any information by whatever name called in or on any medium other than in or on any physical medium. [Foreign Exchange Management (Export of Goods and Services Regulations, 2000, Reg. 2(viii)]...
Application programme
Application programme, in Newton's Telecom Dictionary, 'application program' has been defined at p. 54 as under:A computer software program designed for a specific job, such as word processing, accounting, spreadsheet, etc., C.C.E. v. Acer India Ltd., (2004) 8 SCC 173 (182)....
Firmware
Firmware, 'software kept in semi-permanent memory. Firmware is used in conjunction with hardware and software. It also shares the characteristics of both. Firmware is usually stored on PROMs (Programmable Read-Only Memory) or EPROMs (Electrical PROMs). Firmware contains software which is so constantly called upon by a computer or phone system that it is 'burned' into a chip, thereby becoming firmware. The computer program is written into the PROM electrically at higher-than-usual voltage, causing the bits to 'retain' the pattern as it is 'burned in'. Firmware is non-volatile. It will not be 'forgotten' when the power is shut off. Handheld calculators contain firmware with the instructions for doing their various mathematical operations. Firmware programs can be altered. An EPROM is typically erased using intense ultraviolet light', Newton's Telecom dictionary. C.C.E. v. Acer India Ltd., (2004) 8 SCC 173 (182)....
Goods
Goods, Computer programs are the product of an intellectual process, but once implanted in a medium they are widely distributed to computer owners. An analogy can be drawn to a compact-disc recording of an orchestral rendition. The music is produced by the artistry of musicians and in itself is not a 'good', but when transferred to a laser-readable disc it becomes a readily merchant-able commodity. Similarly, when a professor deliv-ers a lecture, it is not a good, but, when transcribed as a book, it becomes a good. That a computer program may be copyrightable as intellectual property does not alter the fact that once in the form of a floppy disc or other medium, the program is tangible, moveable and available in the marketplace. The fact that some programs may be tailored for specific purposes need not alter their status as 'goods' because the Code definition includes 'specially manufactured goods', Advent Systems Ltd. v. Unisys Corpn., 925 F. 2d 670 3dCir 1991. Associated Cement Compa...
EPROM
EPROM, stands for erasable programmable ROM. Word 'ROM' is an acronym for 'Read Only Memory' a type of unchangeable memory residing in chips or the ICs on mother board. ROM contains bare minimum of instructions needed to start a computer. ROM is sometime wrongly compared to a storage media such as CD-ROMs, Anjaleem Enterprises Pvt. Ltd. v . Commissioner of Central Excise, (2006) 2 SCC 336: (2006) 1 JT 353: (2006) 1 SCALE 314: (2006) 1 Supreme 312: (2006) 1 SLT 529: (2006) 2 SCJ 225: (2006) 3 SCJD 280: (2006) 194 ELT 129....
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