AUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING EQUIPMENT (ADPE)

Any equipment or interconnected system or subsystems of equipment that is used in the automatic acquisition , storage , manipulation, management, movement, control, display, switching , interchange, transmission , or reception, of data or information (i) by a Federal agency, or (ii) under a contract with a Federal agency which (i) requires the use of such equipment, or (ii) requires the performance of a service or the furnishing of a product which is performed or produced making significant use of such equipment. Such term includes (i) computer , (ii) ancillary equipment, (iii) software , firmware , and similar procedures, (iv) services, including support services, and (v) related resources as defined by regulations issued by the Administrator for General Services. . . . [Public Law 99-500, Title VII, Sec. 822 (a) Section 111(a) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949 (40 U.S.C. 759(a)) revised. ] See also paragraph #3 of the Foreword above.