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Grid computing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grid_computing
Grid computing - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
"Grid computing is an emerging computing model that provides the ability to perform higher throughput computing by taking advantage of many networked computers to model a virtual computer architecture that is able to distribute process execution across a parallel infrastructure. Grids use the resources of many separate computers connected by a network (usually the Internet) to solve large-scale computation problems.
Grids provide the ability to perform computations on large data sets, by breaking them down into many smaller ones, or provide the ability to perform many more computations at once than would be possible on a single computer, by modeling a parallel division of labor between processes"

World Community Grid
http://www.worldcommunitygrid.org/
World Community Grid's mission is to create the largest public computing grid benefiting humanity.
Our work is built on the belief that technological innovation combined with visionary scientific research and large-scale volunteerism can change our world for the better. Our success depends on individuals - like you - collectively contributing their unused computer time to this not-for-profit endeavor.