Abstract: A first program is executed in a first computer. The execution of the first program includes storing data in a region of a memory of the first computer. During the execution of the program, an indication of the data is serially transmitted to a second computer. The second computer generates a copy of the data from the indication and executes a second program to analyze the indication to evaluate a performance of the first program.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for translating a static identifier into a dynamically assigned network address. In one embodiment, a dynamic database address is used to access a dynamic database. A static identifier corresponding to the device to be contacted is provided, and the dynamic database returns an appropriate dynamically assigned network address corresponding to the static identifier. A static identifier includes a telephone number arranged in a predetermined format to which a static portion is appended. An Internet Domain Name System (DNS) domain may be used as the static appended portion. This translation of a static identifier into a dynamically assigned network address may be applied to DNS servers. A system of the present invention includes a network, an intermittently connected device, and a dynamic database server. The device has a static identifier and an assigned network address.