Connecticut Administrative Code
Title 12 - Taxation
62f - Minimum Standards for Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal
Section 12-62f-1 - Definitions

(1) "Alpha/numeric" means a generic term for alphabet letters, numerical digits and special characters, such as punctuation marks, which are machine processable;

(2) "Apartment" means a dwelling containing five or more living units;

(3) "CAMA" means Computer-Assisted Mass Appraisal;

(4) "Commercial property" means real property used for the sale of goods and/or services, including, but not limited to, non-residential living accommodations, dining establishments, motor vehicle services, warehouses and distribution facilities, retail services, bank and office buildings, and multi-purpose buildings, wherein more than one occupation is conducted, recreation and entertainment facilities, and airports;

(5) "Committee" means the Computer Assisted Mass Appraisal Systems Advisory Board, the members of which are appointed in accordance with the provisions of subsection (f) of Section 12-62f of the Connecticut General Statutes;

(6) "Condominiums" means real property with individual ownership of the occupied area plus a fractional ownership of the common elements.

(7) "Data base" means the aggregate body of all information stored in a computing system which is fundamental to the enterprise which owns or operates the system, access to which may be limited to certain specific users and/or application programs;

(8) "Editing" means to modify, add, or delete data or text;

(9) "Field" means a variable length data element within a record and is represented as a column in a table or file;

(10) "File" means a set of items pertaining to one function arranged or classified in sequence for convenience or reference;

(11) "Hardware" means a computer and the associated physical equipment directly involved in the operation of the equipment that performs communication and/or data processing functions;

(12) "Industrial property" means real property used for production and fabrication of durable and non-durable man-made goods from raw materials or compounded parts;

(13) "Interface" means a shared connection or boundary between two devices or systems, or the point at which two devices or systems are linked;

(14) "Integrated" means the process which results in the introduction of data which need not be repeated as further allied or related data is also entered;

(15) "Module" means a part of a program that performs a distinct function or task;

(16) "OPM" means the Office of Policy and Management;

(17) "Password" means a code word or group of characters a computer might require to allow an operator access to certain functions as a security provision;

(18) "Record" means a collection of data fields about an item within said file or table, and is represented as a row in a file or table;

(19) "Residential property" means real property used for human habitation, such as year-round residences, including buildings of one- to four-dwelling unit(s), rural residences, estates, seasonal residences, and individual mobile manufactured homes;

(20) "Revaluation" means establishing the fair market value of all real property, by either physical observation or by a statistical method of adjusting the assessed value as provided by Section 12-62 of the Connecticut General Statutes;

(21) "Sales/assessment ratio" means the relationship between the assessed value and the sales price of a property, calculated by dividing the assessed value by the sales price;

(22) "Secretary" means the Secretary of the Office of Policy and Management;

(23) "Software" means the collection of written or printed data such as programs, routines, or instructions essential to the operation of a computer;

(24) "Table driven" means an array of non hard-coded attributes and variables which may be adjusted or updated by a system user;

(25) "Updating" means the process which results in the introduction of data that need not be repeated as further allied or related data is also entered; and

(26) "Value" means the fair market value as defined in Section 12-63 of the Connecticut General Statutes.