(a)In this article unless the context otherwise requires:
(i)"Agreement" means the bargain of the parties in
fact, as found in their language or inferred from other
circumstances and from rules, regulations and procedures given
the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a
particular transaction;
(ii)"Automated transaction" means a transaction
conducted or performed, in whole or in part, by electronic means
or electronic records, in which the acts or records of one (1)
or both parties are not reviewed by an individual in the
ordinary course in forming a contract, performing under an
existing contract or fulfilling an obligation required by the
transaction;
(iii)"Computer program" means a set of statements or
instructions to be used directly or indirectly in an informati
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(a) In this article unless the context otherwise requires:
(i) "Agreement" means the bargain of the parties in
fact, as found in their language or inferred from other
circumstances and from rules, regulations and procedures given
the effect of agreements under laws otherwise applicable to a
particular transaction;
(ii) "Automated transaction" means a transaction
conducted or performed, in whole or in part, by electronic means
or electronic records, in which the acts or records of one (1)
or both parties are not reviewed by an individual in the
ordinary course in forming a contract, performing under an
existing contract or fulfilling an obligation required by the
transaction;
(iii) "Computer program" means a set of statements or
instructions to be used directly or indirectly in an information
processing system in order to bring about a certain result;
(iv) "Contract" means the total legal obligation
resulting from the parties' agreement as affected by this act
and other applicable law;
(v) "Electronic" means relating to technology having
electrical, digital, magnetic, wireless, optical,
electromagnetic or similar capabilities;
(vi) "Electronic agent" means a computer program or
an electronic or other automated means used independently to
initiate an action or respond to electronic records or
performances in whole or in part, without review or action by an
individual;
(vii) "Electronic record" means a record created,
generated, sent, communicated, received or stored by electronic
means;
(viii) "Electronic signature" means an electronic
sound, symbol or process attached to or logically associated
with a record and executed or adopted by a person with the
intent to sign the record;
(ix) "Governmental agency" means an executive,
legislative or judicial agency, department, board, commission,
authority, institution or instrumentality of the federal
government or of a state or of a county, municipality or other
political subdivision of a state;
(x) "Information" means data, text, images, sounds,
codes, computer programs, software, databases or the like;
(xi) "Information processing system" means an
electronic system for creating, generating, sending, receiving,
storing, displaying or processing information;
(xii) "Person" means an individual, corporation,
business trust, estate, trust, partnership, limited liability
company, association, joint venture, governmental agency, public
corporation or any other legal or commercial entity;
(xiii) "Record" means information that is inscribed
on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other
medium and is retrievable in perceivable form;
(xiv) "Security procedure" means a procedure employed
for the purpose of verifying that an electronic signature,
record or performance is that of a specific person or for
detecting changes or errors in the information in an electronic
record. The term includes a procedure that requires the use of
algorithms or other codes, identifying words or numbers,
encryption, or callback or other acknowledgment procedures;
(xv) "State" means a state of the United States, the
District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the United States Virgin
Islands or any territory or insular possession subject to the
jurisdiction of the United States. The term includes an Indian
tribe or band, or Alaskan native village, which is recognized by
federal law or formally acknowledged by a state;
(xvi) "Transaction" means an action or set of actions
occurring between two (2) or more persons relating to the
conduct of business, commercial or governmental affairs;
(xvii) "This act" means W.S. 40-21-101 through