"BOINC" meaning in English

See BOINC in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /bɔɪŋk/
Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} BOINC
  1. (sciences, computing) Acronym of Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing. Wikipedia link: BOINC Tags: abbreviation, acronym, alt-of Alternative form of: Berkeley Open Infrastructure for Network Computing Categories (topical): Computing, Sciences

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