“Volunteer computing” is the use of consumer digital devices for high-throughput scientific computing. It can provide large computing capacity at low cost, but presents challenges due to device heterogeneity, unreliability, and churn. BOINC, a widely-used open-source middleware system for volunteer computing, addresses these challenges. We describe BOINC’s features, architecture, implementation, and algorithms.

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BOINC：志愿者计算平台

“志愿者计算”是将消费类数字设备用于高通量科学计算。它可以低成本提供大计算能力，但是由于设备异构性，不可靠性和搅动而带来挑战。BOINC是用于志愿者计算的广泛使用的开源中间件系统，可以应对这些挑战。我们描述了BOINC的功能，体系结构，实现和算法。