Changes between Version 1 and Version 2 of BoincPlatforms
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- Apr 24, 2007, 10:16:03 AM (18 years ago)
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BoincPlatforms
v1 v2 4 4 The computers available to a volunteer computing project have a wide range of operating systems and hardware architectures. For example, they may run many versions of Windows (95, 98, ME, 2000, XP) on many processors variants (486, Pentium, AMD). Hosts may have multiple processors and/or graphics coprocessors. 5 5 6 A '''platform''' is a compilation target - typically a combination of a CPU architecture and an operating system. The BOINC database of each project includes a set of platforms. Each platform has a '''name''' and a '''description''' of the range of computers it can handle. Each [ http://boinc.berkeley.edu/app.phpapplication version] is associated with a particular platform.6 A '''platform''' is a compilation target - typically a combination of a CPU architecture and an operating system. The BOINC database of each project includes a set of platforms. Each platform has a '''name''' and a '''description''' of the range of computers it can handle. Each [AppVersion application version] is associated with a particular platform. 7 7 8 8 For coherence between projects, you should use only the following platforms: If you want to add a different platform, please [http://boinc.berkeley.edu/contact.php contact us].