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title: CERN distributed computing
date: "2001-11-22T12:00:00Z"
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wp_id: 1560
description: CERN is adopting distributed computing models, similar to SETI@home, to process the massive datasets generated by particle physics experiments. This transition leverages global idle processing power to handle the computational demands of the Large Hadron Collider.
keywords: [cern, distributed computing, seti@home, particle physics, grid computing, lhc]
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Following [SETI](http://www.seti.org), CERN is using [distributed computing](http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,48521,00.html).