Each of the modules of Processing Pipeline Server 502 may be implemented in hardware, software, or {HEAD ~ firmware} or {TAIL ~ any combination} thereof 
Each of the modules of Processing Pipeline Server 502 may be implemented in hardware , software , or { HEAD ~ firmware } or { TAIL ~ any combination } thereof
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