Volunteer computing
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volunteer-computing-215-4621309
title:
Volunteer computing
text:
Volunteer computing is a type of distributed computing in which people donate their computers' unused resources to a research-oriented project, and sometimes in exchange for credit points. The fundamental idea behind it is that a modern desktop computer is sufficiently powerful to perform billions of operations a second, but for most users only between 10–15% of its capacity is used. Common tasks such as word processing or web browsing leave the computer mostly idle. The practice of volunteer co
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
System where users donate computer resources to contribute to research
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer_computing
date created:
2007-02-22T18:44:24Z
date modified:
2024-09-12T21:24:52Z
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