Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing

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Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing

Summary

Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing is a middleware[1]. It draws 249 Wikipedia views per month (middleware category, ranking #1 of 9).[2]

Key Facts

  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing is the creator of Space Sciences Laboratory[3].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing is the creator of David P. Anderson[4].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's instance of is recorded as middleware[5].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's instance of is recorded as volunteer computing[6].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's instance of is recorded as distributed computing software[7].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's instance of is recorded as citizen science[8].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's instance of is recorded as grid computing[9].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's instance of is recorded as open-source software[10].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's developer is recorded as David P. Anderson[11].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's developer is recorded as Rom Walton[12].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's developer is recorded as University of California, Berkeley[13].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's copyright license is recorded as GNU General Public License, version 3.0[14].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's copyright license is recorded as GNU Lesser General Public License, version 3.0[15].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's programmed in is recorded as Q2407[16].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's operating system is recorded as Linux[17].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's operating system is recorded as FreeBSD[18].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's operating system is recorded as Android[19].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's operating system is recorded as Microsoft Windows[20].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's operating system is recorded as macOS[21].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's operating system is recorded as Solaris[22].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's operating system is recorded as Q189794[23].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's operating system is recorded as Raspberry Pi OS[24].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's software version identifier is recorded as 7.6.33[25].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's software version identifier is recorded as 7.4.53[26].
  • Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing's software version identifier is recorded as 7.10.1[27].

Body

Authorship and Creation

Created works include Space Sciences Laboratory[3], a research institute[28], in United States[29] and David P. Anderson[4], a computer scientist[30], b. 1955[31], of United States[32], awarded the Presidential Young Investigator Award[33].

Publication

Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing was released on April 10, 2002[34].

Why It Matters

Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing draws 249 Wikipedia views per month (middleware category, ranking #1 of 9).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[35] It is known by 8 alternative names across languages and contexts.[36]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [5] . wikidata.org.
  2. [6] . wikidata.org.
  3. [7] . wikidata.org.
  4. [8] . wikidata.org.
  5. [9] . wikidata.org.
  6. [10] . wikidata.org.
  7. [3] . wikidata.org.
  8. [4] . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] . boinc.berkeley.edu. boinc.berkeley.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] . boinc.berkeley.edu. boinc.berkeley.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . boinc.berkeley.edu. boinc.berkeley.edu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . github.com. github.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  26. [34] . wikidata.org.

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [28] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  2. [29] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  3. [30] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  4. [31] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  5. [32] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site
  6. [33] . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [35] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [36] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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