Form Fr-399 - Qualified High Technology Companies Tax Package Page 29

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QHTC High Technology Permitted Activities are:
1. Internet-related services and sales:
(a) Website design, maintenance, hosting, or operation;
(b) Internet-related training, consulting, advertising, or promotion services;
(c) The development, rental, lease, or sale of Internet-related applications, connectivity, or
digital content; or
(d) Products and services that may be considered e-commerce;
2. Information and communication technologies, equipment and systems that involve advanced
computer software and hardware, data processing, visualization technologies, or human
interface technologies, whether deployed on the Internet or other electronic or digital media.
Such technologies, whether deployed on the Internet or other electronic or digital media, shall
include:
(a) Operating and application software;
(b) Internet-related services, including design, strategic planning, deployment, and
management services and artificial intelligence;
(c) Computer modeling and simulation;
(d) High-level software languages;
(e) Neural networks;
(f) Processor architecture;
(g) Animation and full-motion video;
(h) Graphics hardware and software;
(i) Speech and optical character recognition;
(j) High volume information storage and retrieval;
(k) Data compression; and
(l) Multiplexing, digital signal processing and spectrum technologies.
3. Advanced materials and processing technologies that involve the development, modification,
or improvement of one or more materials or methods to produce devices and structures with
improved performance characteristics or special functional attributes, or to activate, speed
up, or otherwise alter chemical, biochemical, or medical processes. Such materials and
technologies shall include:
(a) Metal alloys;
(b) Metal matrix and ceramic composites;
(c) Advanced polymers;
(d) Thin films;
(e) Membranes;
(f) Superconductors;
(g) Electronic and photonic reduction;
(h) Pharmaceuticals; bioactive materials; bioprocessing; genetic engineering; catalysts; waste
emissions reduction; and
(i) Waste processing technologies.
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