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SETI@home Multi-Beam screensaver
Screen shot of the screensaver for SETI@home, a distributed computing project in which volunteers donate idle computer power to analyze radio signals for signs of extraterrestrial intelligence

The Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence (SETI) is a program that individuals can use on their computers to search for radio signals from worlds with alien life. It is maybe the most famous of the BOINC or Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing progams that allow users to use their computers for scientific research.

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