Berkley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing-BOINC

from their website:

BOINC is a software platform for distributed computing using volunteer computer resources. The BOINC's features fall into several areas:

Resource sharing among independent projects

Many different projects can use BOINC. Projects are independent; each one operates its own servers and databases. However, projects can share resources in the following sense: Participants install a core client program which in turn downloads and executes project-specific application programs. Participants control which projects they participate in, and how their resources are divided among these projects. When a project is down or has no work, the resources of its participants are divided among the other projects in which the participants are registered.

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