A processor card has a connector for plugging into a processor slot, signal switching circuitry electrically connected to the connector, power switching circuitry for controlling power to the processor card and a processor electrically connected to the signal switching circuitry. The method also involves processing the configuration request at the configuration agent. Then, for each of the w partitions of field elements, i) providing a set of r different field elements of the partition to r parallel search element. , a concentrically oriented multi-component arrangement formed of an inner high strength and insulating disk and an outer ring-shaped resistive region, situated between an anvil base and an anvil top. When a program running on the computer abnormally terminates and the computer is able to send the marker file to a central authority, the marker file may be sent to the central authority by the computer.