Terms Used In New York Laws > State Technology > Article 1 - Office of Information Technology Services

• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
• Council: means the advisory council for technology. See N.Y. State Technology Law 101
• Director: means the director of the office. See N.Y. State Technology Law 101
• Office: means the office of information technology services. See N.Y. State Technology Law 101
• Remainder: An interest in property that takes effect in the future at a specified time or after the occurrence of some event, such as the death of a life tenant.
• State agency: means any department, board, bureau, commission, division, office, council, committee or officer of the state. See N.Y. State Technology Law 101
• Technology: means either a good or a service or a combination thereof, used in the application of any computer or electronic information or interconnected system that is used in the acquisition, storage, manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching, interchange, transmission, or reception of data or voice including, but not limited to, hardware, software, information appliances, firmware, programs, systems, networks, infrastructure, media, and related material used to automatically and electronically collect, receive, access, transmit, display, store, record, retrieve, analyze, evaluate, process, classify, manipulate, manage, assimilate, control, communicate, exchange, convert, coverage, interface, switch, or disseminate data of any kind or form, and shall include all associated consulting, management, facilities, maintenance, support and training. See N.Y. State Technology Law 101