Resources may be dynamically allocated in a distributed processing portable electronic communication device. One or more working elements cooperate with the housing to define a compression path between suction and discharge locations along the flowpath. The bowl is sized and configured such that the support member and at least one-fourth of the base can be received within the bowl while the support member is coupled to the base. Alignment marks are generated with the features to coordinate the various processing steps and to automatically control the stitching process. The computer further receives a WRITE command, and responsive to the WRITE command, allocates storage based at least in part on the created assigned virtual list.