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SETI@home

SETI@home ("SETI at home") is a project of the Berkeley SETI Research Center to analyze radio signals with the aim of searching for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence. Until March 2020, it was run as an Internet-based public volunteer computing project that employed the BOINC software platform. It is hosted by the Space Sciences Laboratory at the…

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Active hosts
144,779 (March 2020)
Active users
91,454 (March 2020)
Developer(s)
University of California, Berkeley
Development status
In hibernation
Funding
Public funding and private donations
Initial release
May 17, 1999 (1999-05-17)

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related to Further reading · 26
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related to Project future · 17
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related to Technology · 12
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related to Software · 11
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related to Statistics · 11
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related to Closure of Arecibo Observatory · 8
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related to Competitive aspect · 8
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related to More restrictive computer use policies in businesses · 8
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related to Procedure details · 7
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related to Funding · 5
SETI@home → Berkeley Space Science Lab, December, In, SETI, There

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SETI@homeActive hosts144,779 (March 2020)1.00infobox
SETI@homeActive users91,454 (March 2020)1.00infobox
SETI@homeDeveloper(s)University of California, Berkeley1.00infobox
SETI@homeDevelopment statusIn hibernation1.00infobox
SETI@homeFundingPublic funding and private donations1.00infobox
SETI@homeInitial releaseMay 17, 1999 (1999-05-17)1.00infobox
SETI@homeLicenseGPL1.00infobox
SETI@homeOperating systemMicrosoft Windows, Linux, Android, macOS, Solaris, IBM AIX, FreeBSD, DragonflyBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, HP-UX, IRIX, Tru64 Unix, OS/2 Warp, eComStation1.00infobox
SETI@homePlatformCross-platform1.00infobox
SETI@homeProject goal(s)Discovery of radio evidence of extraterrestrial life1.00infobox
SETI@homeStable releaseSETI@home v8：8.00 / December 30, 2015; 10 years ago (2015-12-30) SETI@home v8 for NVIDIA and AMD/ATi GPU Card：8.12/ May 19, 2016; 10 years ago (2016-05-19) AstroPulse v7：7.00/ O…1.00infobox
SETI@homeTotal hosts165,178 (March 2020)1.00infobox
SETI@homeTotal users1,803,163 (March 2020)1.00infobox
SETI@homeTypeVolunteer computing1.00infobox
SETI@homeWebsitesetiathome.berkeley.edu1.00infobox
SETI@homeis atest bed for further development not only of BOINC but of other hardware and software0.90text

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