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Volunteer computing

Volunteer computing is a type of distributed computing in which people donate their computers' unused resources to a research-oriented project, 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…

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Volunteer computing

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related to history · 15
Volunteer computing → Bayanihan, Charlotte, Corporate Social Responsibility, Great Internet Mersenne Prime, Harvard Business Review, In, It, January, Java-based, Luis, Popcorn, Sarmenta, Search, Superweb, The
related to Drawbacks for participants · 12
Volunteer computing → Additionally, CPU, Decreased, Furthermore, However, If, If RAM, Increased, PC, These, This, Volunteer
related to Computing power · 7
Volunteer computing → April, COVID-19, Folding, For, March, Volunteer, With
related to Middleware · 5
Volunteer computing → Examples, For, More, The, This
related to Importance · 4
Volunteer computing → Although, By, Supercomputers, Whereas
is a · 1
Volunteer computing → type of distributed computing in which people donate their computers' unused resources to a research-oriented project
related to Cost · 1
Volunteer computing → Volunteer
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Volunteer computing → Citizen

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Volunteer computingis atype of distributed computing in which people donate their computers' unused resources to a research-oriented project0.90text
word processing or web browsing leave the computer mostly idle.The practice of volunteer computinginstance ofCommon tasks0.80text
which dates back to the mid-1990sinstance ofCommon tasks0.80text
can potentially make substantial processing power available to researchers at minimal costinstance ofCommon tasks0.80text
lack of accountabilityinstance ofImportanceAlthough there are issues0.80text
trust between participantsinstance ofImportanceAlthough there are issues0.80text
researchers while implementing the projectsinstance ofImportanceAlthough there are issues0.80text
volunteer computing is crucially importantinstance ofImportanceAlthough there are issues0.80text
especially to projects that have limited funding.Supercomputers that have huge computing power are extremely expensiveinstance ofImportanceAlthough there are issues0.80text
are available only to some applications only if they can afford itinstance ofImportanceAlthough there are issues0.80text
scienceinstance ofA research project that has limited sources and funding can get huge computing power by attracting public attention.By volunteering and providing support and computing power to…0.80text
citizens are encouraged to be interested in scienceinstance ofA research project that has limited sources and funding can get huge computing power by attracting public attention.By volunteering and providing support and computing power to…0.80text

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