Texas Business and Commerce Code - BUS & COM § 324.002. Definitions

(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:

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

(4) “Execute,” with respect to computer software, means to perform a function or carry out instructions.

(5) “Keystroke-logging function” means a function of a computer software program that:

(6) “Owner or operator of a computer” means the owner or lessee of a computer or an individual using a computer with the authorization of the owner or lessee of the computer. The phrase “owner of a computer,” with respect to a computer sold at retail, does not include a person who owned the computer before the date on which the computer was sold.

(7) “Person” means an individual, partnership, corporation, limited liability company, or other organization, or a combination of those organizations.

(8) “Personally identifiable information,” with respect to an individual who is the owner or operator of a computer, means:

(9) “Zombie” means a computer that, without the knowledge and consent of the computer's owner or operator, has been compromised to give access or control to a program or person other than the computer's owner or operator.