Integrated circuits (IC); large scale integrated circuits (LSI); host bus adapters; i/o expansion boxes; Ethernet media converters; hard disk drives; computers; central processing units (CPUs); graphics processing units (GPUs); computer terminals; encoded integrated circuit cards containing programming used for communication via electronic networks; encoded integrated circuit cards containing programming used for visualizing Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCI Express) via Ethernet connection; computer networking hardware; computer network switches; computer network hubs; computer network routers; computer servers; computer network servers; computer software for controlling computer network switches; computer software for visualizing the status of computer network; excluding from the foregoing payment cards, bank cards, debit cards, credit cards, charge cards, magnetic encoded cards, calling cards, stored value and/or prepaid cards, ATM cards, magnetic data carriers, computer programs for banking, and computer software for transmitting, displaying and storing transaction, identification and financial information