The invention relates to an apparatus and a process for the preparation of anhydrous or substantially anhydrous formic acid. A method of the preferred embodiment of the invention includes distributing or partitioning computation, data storage, andor data transmission between the server and client devices to flexibly adapt to and take advantage of the available computing andor network resources. Water is also included at the time of use. The display is configured to display the processed first part and the others of the display information.