Sentence examples for causing a computer from inspiring English sources
He was held on suspicion of "unauthorised access to computer to facilitate the commission of an offence" and of "causing a computer to perform a function to secure/enable unauthorised access to a program/data".
Such weapons include malware, malicious software such as viruses, trojans, spyware, and worms that can introduce corrupted code into existing software, causing a computer to perform actions or processes unintended by its operator.
The North Wales Police staff member resigned for "causing a computer to perform a function to secure unauthorised access to a program/data contrary to Section 1 of the Computer Misuse Act 1990".
Breaking the rules, Arthur takes a risk and his temptation causes a computer disaster.
Algorithmic information theory shows that there are short, random-looking programs that can cause a computer to write down all the laws of physics.
Though such errors are extremely uncommon, the switching of a value from a one to a zero can cause a computer to crash, or change the output of a program.
Last summer, a power loss caused a computer crash that lasted for four days, and officers said they had no access to the criminal histories of the suspects they had arrested.
Hutcheson Sr, of Earlsfield, south-west London, Hutcheson Jr, from Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, and Adam Hutcheson, from Sevenoaks, Kent, admitted conspiring to cause a computer to access programs and data without authority at a hearing in April.
So even if it were possible to wave a magic wand and cause a computer to appear in every household on earth, it would not achieve very much: a computer is not useful if you have no food or electricity and cannot read.
It must cause a computer to do something like display items on screen, store a particular pattern in a memory, or activate a peripheral device: it must provide a technical effect.
The tiny transistor isn't ready for the factory floor just yet: The device still leaks current even when switched off, a flaw that if duplicated millions of times could cause a computer chip to overheat.
