What is BOINC?
{{infobox software | name = BOINC | logo = BOINC logo July 2007.svg | screenshot = | caption = | developer = [[University of California, Berkeley]] | latest_release_version = [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/download_all.php 7.14.2] | latest_release_date = {{release date and age|2018|10|11}} | latest_preview_version = | latest_preview_date = | operating_system = [[Linux]], [[Microsoft Windows|Windows]], [[Mac OS X]], [[Android_(operating_system)|Android]] | genre = [[Grid computing]] and [[Volunteer computing]] | license = [[LGPL]] | website = [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ boinc.berkeley.edu] }} '''BOINC''', or The Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing, is a software that allows any group or individual who wishes to run calculations in a distributed setting to setup a BOINC project website and server. Volunteers attach to one or more chosen projects and allow their [[computer|computer']]s idle time to process the work. [[SETI]], or Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence, is the most popular of the BOINC projects. SETI searches for radio signals from outer space that might be a sign of alien life and worlds. There are many BOINC projects that compete for volunteers. For example, it allows individuals to use their computer to find the structures of [[protein]]s, a cure for the disease [[malaria]] or the very structure of our galaxy, the [[Milky Way]]. ==BOINC projects== * [[World Community Grid]] — research on disease and its treatment. [http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ Web site] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190702132316/https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/ |date=2019-07-02 }} == Other websites == * [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/ Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing] {{tech-stub}} [[Category:Software]]