Definitions

As used in sections 12-62f-1 to 12-62f-6, inclusive, of the regulations of Connecticut State Agencies, the following terms have the meaning ascribed to them in this section, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise: (1) \"Alpha/numeric\" means a generic term for alphabet letters, numerical digits and special characters, such as punctuation marks, which are machine processable; (2) \"Apartment\" means a dwelling containing five or more living units; (3) \"CAMA\" means Computer-Assisted Mass Appraisal; (4) \"Commercial property\" means real property used for the sale of goods and/or services, including, but not limited to, non-residential living accommodations, dining establishments, motor vehicle services, warehouses and distribution facilities, retail services, bank and office buildings, and multi-purpose buildings, wherein more than one occupation is conducted, recreation and entertainment facilities, and airports; (5) \"Committee\" means the Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal Systems Advisory Board, the members of which are appointed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f) of Section 12-62f of the Connecticut General Statutes; (6) \"Condominiums\" means real property with individual ownership of the occupied area plus a fractional ownership of the common elements. (7) \"Data base\" means the aggregate body of all information stored in a computing system which is fundamental to the enterprise which owns or operates the system, access to which may be limited to certain specific users and/or application programs; (8) \"Editing\" means to modify, add, or delete data or text; (9) \"Field\" means a variable length data element within a record and is represented as a column in a table or file; (10) \"File\" means a set of items pertaining to one function arranged or classified in sequence for convenience or reference; (11) \"Hardware\" means a computer and the associated physical equipment directly involved in the operation of the equipment that performs communication and/or data processing functions; (12) \"Industrial property\" means real property used for production and fabrication of durable and non-durable man-made goods from raw materials or compounded parts; (13) \"Interface\" means a shared connection or boundary between two devices or systems, or the point at which two devices or systems are linked; (14) \"Integrated\" means the process which results in the introduction of data which need not be repeated as further allied or related data is also entered; (15) \"Module\" means a part of a program that performs a distinct function or task; (16) \"OPM\" means the Office of Policy and Management; (17) \"Password\" means a code word or group of characters a computer might require to allow an operator access to certain functions as a security provision; (18) \"Record\" means a collection of data fields about an item within said file or table, and is represented as a row in a file or table; (19) \"Residential property\" means real property used for human habitation, such as year-round residences, including buildings of one- to four-dwelling unit(s), rural residences, estates, seasonal residences, and individual mobile manufactured homes; (20) \"Revaluation\" means establishing the fair market value of all real property, by either physical observation or by a statistical method of adjusting the assessed value as provided by Section 12-62 of the Connecticut General Statutes; (21) \"Sales/assessment ratio\" means the relationship between the assessed value and the sales price of a property, calculated by dividing the assessed value by the sales price; (22) \"Secretary\" means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management; (23) \"Software\" means the collection of written or printed data such as programs, routines, or instructions essential to the operation of a computer; (24) \"Table driven\" means an array of non hard-coded attributes and variables which may be adjusted or updated by a system user; (25) \"Updating\" means the process which results in the introduction of data that need not be repeated as further allied or related data is also entered; and (26) \"Value\" means the fair market value as defined in Section 12-63 of the Connecticut General Statutes.