Programmed Systems definition
Programmed Systems means, collectively: (i) all computer hardware, software, firmware, databases, peripherals, systems and other computer equipment, (ii) all voice and data communications equipment and related software and firmware, and (iii) all other equipment of any type, the operation of which is controlled in some aspects by coded programs of instructions that are either loaded into such equipment before operation or embedded in storage devices (including, without limitation, read-only memory (ROM), electrically programmable read-only memory (EPROM), flash memory and similar devices) contained in such equipment.