Common use of Software and Information Systems Clause in Contracts

Software and Information Systems. For purposes of this Section, the term "Software" means all computer software programs, program specifications, charts, procedures, source codes (including annotations), object codes, input data, diagnostic and other routines, data bases and report layouts and formats, record file layouts, diagrams, functional specifications and narrative descriptions and flow charts owned or used by Axis. For purposes of this Section, the term "computer software programs" includes any set of arithmetic and/or logical instructions meant to run on, or to control the operation of, any computer (i) whether those instructions are a complete program, a collection of programs making up a subsystem or system, or are merely subroutines or meant to operate in conjunction with other software, and (ii) whether such instructions must be run through another computer program before being useable on a computer, whether such instructions can be used at execution time only in conjunction with another computer program (i.e., an "interpreter") or whether such instructions are in a form that can be run on a computer "as is," except for any necessary interfaces with the computer's microcode, operating system or reference-resolving routines.

Software and Information Systems. For purposes of this Section, the term "Software" means all computer software programs, program specifications, charts, procedures, source codes (including annotations), object codes, input data, diagnostic and other routines, data bases and report layouts and formats, record file layouts, diagrams, functional specifications and narrative descriptions and flow charts owned or used by AxisQCC or employed in the Business. For purposes of this Section, the term "computer software programs" includes any set of arithmetic and/or logical instructions meant to run on, or to control the operation of, any computer (i) whether those instructions are a complete program, a collection of programs making up a subsystem or system, or are merely subroutines or meant to operate in conjunction with other software, and (ii) whether such instructions must be run through another computer program before being useable on a computer, whether such instructions can be used at execution time only in conjunction with another computer program (i.e., an "interpreter") or whether such instructions are in a form that can be run on a computer "as is," except for any necessary interfaces with the computer's microcode, operating system or reference-resolving routines.