operating system software or other runtime environment and uses computer resources to perform application specific tasks desired by the user according to one embodiment of the invention the operating system 340 comprises the linux operating system according to another embodiment of the invention the operating system 340 comprises the windows server operating system from microsoft corporation according to another embodiment the operating system 340 comprises the unix or solaris operating system it should be appreciated that other operating systems may also be utilized the mass storage devices connected to the south bridge 326 and their associated computer readable media provide non volatile storage for the computer 302 although the description of computer readable media contained herein refers to a mass storage device such as a hard disk or cd rom drive it should be appreciated by those skilled in the art that computer readable media can be any available media that can be accessed by the computer 302 by way of example and not limitation computer readable media may comprise computer storage media and communication media computer storage media includes volatile and non volatile removable and non removable media implemented in any method or technology for storage of information such as computer readable instructions data structures program modules or other data computer storage media includes but is not limited to ram rom eprom eeprom flash memory or other solid state memory technology cd rom dvd hd dvd blu ray or other optical.