### Question
How is the term Federal interest computer defined?


### Answer
The term **Federal interest computer** is defined in *18 U.S.C. § 1030* as the following:

> a computer—


(A) exclusively for the use of a financial institution or the United States Government, or, in the case of a computer not exclusively for such use, used by or for a financial institution or the United States Government and the conduct constituting the offense affects the use of the financial institution's operation or the Government's operation of such computer

#### Citation:
  - *18 U.S.C. § 1030*
  - Heading: **PART I-CRIMES > CHAPTER 47-FRAUD AND FALSE STATEMENTS**

