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@@ -6,40 +6,92 @@ is a software platform for public-participation
distributed computing projects like distributed.net and SETI@home.
BOINC supports applications that can be divided into large parallel parts
with few data dependencies;
-it is not intended for fine-grained parallel applications.
+it is not presently intended for fine-grained parallel applications.
The features of BOINC include:
-- BOINC allows multiple independent projects
-to share participants.
+
- Multiple Independent Projects
+BOINC allows multiple independent projects to share participants.
Participants download a single core client program,
which in turn downloads and executes project-specific executables.
-Participants can control how their resources are divided among the projects.
+Participants can control how their resources are divided among the
+projects and which projects they participate in. Participants may
+also control how many applications are running at once, thereby
+taking advantage of multiple CPU systems.
+
+
-- BOINC supports applications that produce or consume large amounts of data.
-It allows data distribution and collection to be
-spread across many servers,
-and it allows participant hosts to do large data transfers unobtrusively.
+
- Comprehensive Security
+All file transfers to the host computer are validated with an MD5
+checksum, and all executable files are signed with RSA public/private key
+encryption (1024 bit default). See the security
+page for more details.
+
+
-- BOINC supports applications with extreme requirements for
-memory or other resources.
-Work is dispatched only to hosts able to handle it.
+
- Host Work Caching
+The BOINC core client will download enough work to keep the host
+busy for a user specifiable amount of time. This will allow the client
+to continue to function during project downtimes, as well as decrease
+the frequency of connections to servers.
+
+
-- BOINC applications can be developed in any language (C++, Fortran, Perl).
-An application can consist of several files
-(e.g. multiple programs and a coordinating script).
-New versions of applications can be deployed without participant download.
-Separate alpha, beta, and production versions
+
- Multiple Platform Support
+The BOINC core client can run on almost any platform
+(Mac OS X, Windows 95 and later, Linux and other Unix systems) and provides
+OpenGL based graphics support on Mac OS X, Windows 95 and up, and X Windows.
+
+
+
+- Open Source
+BOINC is fully open source and is distributed under the Mozilla Public License
+version 1.0. Under this license, projects that utilize BOINC are not required to
+release the source code of their project specific applications, though they
+are encouraged to do so.
+
+
+
+- Support for Large Data Computations
+BOINC supports applications that produce or consume large amounts of data (on
+the order of gigabytes). It allows data distribution and collection to be
+spread across many servers, and it allows participant hosts to do large
+data transfers unobtrusively. Users are able to specify maximum storage usage
+so that BOINC doesn't fill up their disk. BOINC also handles network
+disconnections and allows user specifiable network bandwidth restrictions.
+
+
+
+- Extreme Resource Requirement Support
+BOINC supports applications with extreme requirements for memory, disk,
+cache or other resources. Work is dispatched only to hosts able to handle it.
+
+
+
+- Application Program Interface
+An Application Program Interface (API) is provided to application developers
+to ease integration with BOINC. See the API page for
+details.
+
+
+
+- Support for Applications in any Language
+BOINC applications can be developed in any language (C++, Fortran, Perl). An
+application can consist of several files (e.g. multiple programs and
+a coordinating script). New versions of applications can be deployed
+without requiring participants to download. Separate alpha, beta, and production versions
are distributed to the appropriate set of hosts.
+
+
-- The BOINC core client can run on almost any platform
-(Mac, Windows, Linux and other Unix systems).
+
- Database and Server Architecture
+BOINC provides a SQL schema, database functions, a simple server architecture,
+web based user interfaces and server administration tools. Each project
+must provide and maintain its own server systems and backend result
+processing but these systems can be set up easily and require only
+open-source components (MySQL, PHP, Apache, and Linux).
+
+
-- A BOINC project must provide and maintain its own server systems,
-but these systems can be set up easily and involve
-only open-source components (MySQL, PHP, Apache, and Linux).
-
-
- BOINC is distributed under the Mozilla license.
-