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PARRIS N. GLENDENING, Governor
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Ch. 26
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(8) "COMPUTER PROGRAM" MEANS AN ORDERED SET OF INSTRUCTIONS
OR STATEMENTS THAT MAY INTERACT WITH RELATED DATA AND, WHEN EXECUTED
IN A COMPUTER SYSTEM, CAUSES A COMPUTER TO PERFORM SPECIFIED FUNCTIONS.
(9) "COMPUTER SERVICES" INCLUDES COMPUTER TIME, DATA
PROCESSING, AND STORAGE FUNCTIONS.
(10) "COMPUTER SOFTWARE" MEANS A COMPUTER PROGRAM,
INSTRUCTION, PROCEDURE, OR ASSOCIATED DOCUMENT REGARDING THE
OPERATION OF A COMPUTER SYSTEM.
(11) "COMPUTER SYSTEM" MEANS ONE OR MORE CONNECTED OR
UNCONNECTED COMPUTERS, PERIPHERAL DEVICES, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, DATA,
OR COMPUTER PROGRAMS.
(B) APPLICATION OF OTHER PROVISIONS.
THIS SECTION DOES NOT PRECLUDE THE APPLICABILITY OF ANY OTHER
PROVISION OF THIS CODE.
(C) PROHIBITED.
(1) A PERSON MAY NOT INTENTIONALLY, WILLFULLY, AND WITHOUT
AUTHORIZATION ACCESS, ATTEMPT TO ACCESS, CAUSE TO BE ACCESSED, OR EXCEED
THE PERSON'S AUTHORIZED ACCESS TO ALL OR PART OF A COMPUTER NETWORK,
COMPUTER CONTROL LANGUAGE, COMPUTER, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, COMPUTER
SYSTEM, COMPUTER SERVICES, OR COMPUTER DATABASE.
(2) A PERSON MAY NOT COMMIT AN ACT PROHIBITED BY PARAGRAPH (1)
OF THIS SUBSECTION WITH THE INTENT TO:
(I) CAUSE THE MALFUNCTION OR INTERRUPT THE OPERATION OF
ALL OR ANY PART OF A COMPUTER, COMPUTER NETWORK, COMPUTER CONTROL
LANGUAGE, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, COMPUTER SYSTEM, COMPUTER SERVICES, OR
COMPUTER DATA; OR
(II) ALTER, DAMAGE, OR DESTROY ALL OR ANY PART OF DATA OR A
COMPUTER PROGRAM STORED, MAINTAINED, OR PRODUCED BY A COMPUTER,
COMPUTER NETWORK, COMPUTER SOFTWARE, COMPUTER SYSTEM, COMPUTER
SERVICES, OR COMPUTER DATABASE.
(3) A PERSON MAY NOT INTENTIONALLY, WILLFULLY, AND WITHOUT
AUTHORIZATION:
(I) POSSESS, IDENTIFY, OR ATTEMPT TO IDENTIFY A VALID ACCESS
CODE; OR
(II) PUBLICIZE OR DISTRIBUTE A VALID ACCESS CODE TO AN
UNAUTHORIZED PERSON.
(D) PENALTY.
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