Colorado legal term
Computer in Colorado Criminal Law
Current through 2026 Colorado legislative session
In Colorado criminal law, “Computer” is a term defined by statute rather than by its everyday meaning. Its statutory definition — quoted verbatim below — controls how the term is applied throughout the Colorado criminal code.
What does “Computer” mean in Colorado criminal law?
"Computer" means an electronic, magnetic, optical, electromagnetic, or other data processing device which performs logical, arithmetic, memory, or storage functions by the manipulations of electronic, magnetic, radio wave, or light wave impulses, and includes all input, output, processing, storage, software, or communication facilities which are connected or related to or operating in conjunction with such a device. (C.R.S. § 18-5.5-101)
Statutes defining or using this term
Charges using this term
- Cybercrime
- Disclosing a private intimate image or intimate digital depiction for harassment
- Disclosing a private intimate image or intimate digital depiction for pecuniary gain
- Harassment
- Theft of medical records or medical information
- Unlawful acts
- Unlawful distribution of a suicide recording
- Internet luring of a child
- Possession of identity theft tools
- Unlawful affiliation with a public safety radio network
- Telecommunications crime
Related terms in the same statutes
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