DC is (in this case) distributed computing. It is a centrally organized program where thousands/millions of people download a client application to their computer. That application then retrieves data from a server, and processes the data however the application has been programed to do (ex. if it's SETI, aka Search for Extra Terrestrial Intelligence, it takes readings from satelites/telescopes and goes through them for things that could signify intelligence...whatever that may be, but the application would know). Once the application is done processing the data it retrieved from the server, it sends the results back to the server, and repeats the process, over, and over, and over again.
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