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Noun

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distributed computing

1. the process of aggregating the power of several computers to collaboratively run a single computational task in a transparent and coherent way
2. System of using the idle time of large numbers of networked computers to work on projects too large for any single group.

Usage notes
SETI is perhaps the most well known example, with over five million computers users on their network.

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