An elongated connecting element and system for dynamic spinal stabilization is disclosed. Seldom used activation modes and seldom activated licensable components can be pruned from future devices, while widely activated licensable components can be automatically enabled by purchasing a blanket license for those components. The MTF is then used to determine the effect of flare on a critical dimension of the pattern image, and a relationship is established between any change in the CD of the pattern image and a change in the CD of the pattern. The cache management unit operates equivalently in support of fragment caching operations without regard to whether the computing device acts as a client, a server, or a hub located throughout the network; in other words, the fragment caching technique is uniform throughout a network. This time is determined by calculating the difference between a third time and a fourth time.