Berkeley open infrastructure for network computing (BOINC)
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Open-source software for volunteer computing and desktop grid computing. The project aims to use the idle time on volunteers' computers (Windows, Mac, or Linux) as a resource to compute a variety of projects agreed to be beneficial to the community at large. Examples may be projects to control disease or various scientific research.
See also
External link to BOINC homepage
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