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title: "List of volunteer computing projects"
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source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_volunteer_computing_projects"
category: "reference"
tags: "science, encyclopedia"
date_saved: "2026-05-05T03:30:40.320802+00:00"
instance: "kb-cron"
---

Volunteer computing projects are 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, and Android devices. Each project seeks to utilize the computing power of many internet connected devices to solve problems and perform large scale computational research in a cost-effective manner.


== Active projects ==


== Completed projects ==


== See also ==


== References ==