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List of volunteer computing projects
Comprehensive list of volunteer computing projects / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This is a comprehensive list of volunteer computing projects; a type of distributed computing where volunteers donate computing time to specific causes. The donated computing power comes from idle CPUs and GPUs in personal computers, video game consoles[1] and Android devices.
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Each project seeks to utilize the computing power of many internet connected devices to solve problems and perform tedious, repetitive research in a very cost effective manner.