Paper tape, magnetic tape, tape cartridges, diskettes, floppy diskettes, compact discs, and computer output, including paper and magnetic media. Computer system . A set of related computer equipment, hardware or software. A representation of information, knowledge, facts, concepts, or instructions that have been prepared or are being prepared in a formalized manner and have been processed, are being processed, or are intended to be processed in a computer system or computer network. Data may be in any form including computer printouts, magnetic storage media, compact discs, and as stored in the memory of Nichols College computers.
Data are property.
Information technology . Any and all computer or electronic resources that are utilized in the search, access, acquisition, transmission, storage, retrieval, or dissemination of data. Institutional policy . A succinct and cogent written document bearing the approval of the president of the college that clearly defines faculty, staff, student, and institutional responsibilities within a prescribed area of campus existence. Anything of value, including but not limited to financial instruments, information, electronically produced data, computer software, and computer programs.