Computer system 812 may also communicate with one or more external devices 814 such as a keyboard, a pointing device, a display 824, etc.; one or more devices that enable a user to interact with computer system 812; and/or any devices (e.g., network card, modem, etc.) that enable computer system 812 to communicate with one or more other computing devices. Such communication can occur via input/output (I/O) interfaces 822. Still, computer system 812 can communicate with one or more networks such as a local area network (LAN), a general wide area network (WAN), and/or a public network (e.g., the Internet) via network adapter 820. As depicted, network adapter 820 communicates with the other components of computer system 812 via bus 818. It should be understood that although not shown, other hardware and/or software components could be used in conjunction with computer system 812. Examples, include, but are not limited to: microcode, device drivers, redundant processing units, external disk drive arrays, RAID systems, tape drives, and data archival storage systems, etc.

Computing node 800 may include fewer components than shown or additional components not illustrated in FIG. 8 depending upon the particular type of device and/or system that is implemented. The particular operating system and/or application(s) included may vary according to device and/or system type as may the types of I/O devices included. Further, one or more of the illustrative components may be incorporated into, or otherwise form a portion of, another component. For example, a processor may include at least some memory.