Terms Used In Rhode Island General Laws > Chapter 11-52.3 - Online Property Offenses

• Access: means to use, instruct, communicate with, store data in, retrieve or intercept data from, or otherwise utilize any services of a computer. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.3-1
• Computer: means a device that accepts, processes, stores, retrieves or outputs data, and includes, but is not limited to, auxiliary storage and telecommunications devices connected to computers. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.3-1
• Internet: means an interactive computer service or system or an information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, and includes, but is not limited to, an information service, system, or access software provider that provides access to a network system commonly known as the Internet, or any comparable system or service and also includes, but is not limited to, a World Wide Web page, newsgroup, message board, mailing list, or chat area on any interactive computer service or system or other online service. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.3-1
• Online: means the use of any electronic or wireless device to access the Internet. See Rhode Island General Laws 11-52.3-1
• person: may be construed to extend to and include co-partnerships and bodies corporate and politic. See Rhode Island General Laws 43-3-6