(e)“appropriate Government ” means as respects any matter, -
(i)enumerated in List II of the Seventh Schedule to the Constitution;
(ii)relating to any State law enacted under List III of the Sevent h Schedule to the
Constitution,
the State Government and in any other case, the Central Government;
(f)“asymmetric crypto system ” means a system of a secure key p air consisting of a private key
for creating a digital signature and a public key to verify the digital signature;
(g)“Certifying Authority ” means a person who has be en granted a licence to issue a 1[electronic
signature] Certificate under section 24;
(h)“certification practice statement ” means a statement issued by a Certifying Authority to
specify the practices that the Certifyi ng Authority employs in issuing 1[electronic signature]
Certificates;
3[(ha) “communication device ” means cell phones, personal digital assistance or combination of
both or any other device used to communicate, send or transmit any text, video, audio or image;]
(i)“computer ” means any electronic, magnetic, optical or other high -speed data processing device
or system which performs logical, arithmetic , and memory functions by manipulations of electronic,
magnetic or optical impulses, and includes all input, output, processing, storage, computer software or
communication facilities which are connected or related to the computer in a computer system or
computer network;
4[(j) “computer network ” means the inter -connection of one or more compute rs or computer
systems or communicati on device through -
(i)the use of satellite, microwave, terrestrial line, wire, wireless or other communication
media; and
(ii)terminals or a complex consisting of two or more interconnected computers or
communic ation device whether or not the inter -connecti on is continuously maintained;]
(k)“computer resource ” means computer, computer system, computer network, data, computer
data base or software;
(l)“computer system ” means a device or collection of devices, including input and output support
devices and excluding calculators which are not programmable and capable of being used in
conjunction with external files , which contain computer programmes, electronic instructio ns, input
data and output data , that performs logic, arithmetic, data storage and retrieval, communication
control and other functions;
(m)“Controller ” means the Controller of Certifying Authorities appointed under sub -section ( 1)
of section 17;
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3[(na) “cyber cafe ” means any facility from where access to the internet is offered by any person
in the ordinary course of busine ss to the members of the public ;