; and (ix) provides that the agreement shall be governed by the trade secret laws of the applicable State. (E) Election-dedicated voting system technology defined For purposes of this paragraph: (i) In general The term election-dedicated voting system technology means the following: (I) The source code used for the trusted build and its file signatures. (II) A complete disk image of the prebuild, build environment, and any file signatures to validate that it is unmodified. (III) A complete disk image of the postbuild, build environment, and any file signatures to validate that it is unmodified. (IV) All executable code produced by the trusted build and any file signatures to validate that it is unmodified. (V) Installation devices and software file signatures. (ii) Exclusion Such term does not include commercial-off-the-shelf software and hardware defined under the 2015 voluntary voting system guidelines adopted by the Commission under section 222. (9) Prohibition of use of wireless communications devices in systems or devices No system or device upon which ballots are marked or votes are cast or tabulated shall contain, use, or be accessible by any wireless, powerline, or concealed communication device, except that enclosed infrared communications devices which are certified for use in such device by the State and which cannot be used for any remote or wide area communications or used without the knowledge of poll workers shall be permitted. (10) Prohibiting connection of system to the internet (A) In general No system or device upon which ballots are programmed or votes are cast or tabulated shall be connected to the Internet at any time. (B) Prohibiting acceptance of ballots transmitted online The voting system may not accept any voted ballot which is transmitted to an election official online. (C) Rule of construction Nothing contained in this paragraph shall be deemed to prohibit the Commission from conducting the studies under section 242 or to conduct other similar studies under any other provision of law