Distributed Computing
http://distributedcomputing.info/projects.html
For the uninitiated a distributed system uses the number crunching power of multiple computers all working towards a common goal. Typically people who would like to donate their computers' idle time download software which runs while their computer is not being used. The more well-known examples include SETI - the search for extra-terrestrial radio signals from outer space, and the ones being used in medical research (to find cures for cancer etc)...
The above-linked site gives an up-to-date list of all the current distributed computing projects.
For the uninitiated a distributed system uses the number crunching power of multiple computers all working towards a common goal. Typically people who would like to donate their computers' idle time download software which runs while their computer is not being used. The more well-known examples include SETI - the search for extra-terrestrial radio signals from outer space, and the ones being used in medical research (to find cures for cancer etc)...
The above-linked site gives an up-to-date list of all the current distributed computing projects.
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