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Uma ungathanda ukubamba iqhaza nganoma iyiphi indlela ekuxazululeni isimo samanje esihlobene nobhadane oluqhubekayo lwe-COVID-19, unethuba. Ngeke kukubize lutho olungaphezu kwamandla akho okucubungula angasetshenzisiwe e-Mac. Lolu sizo lwenzeka ngendlela yokubamba iqhaza ngokubambisana kuphrojekthi ye-SETI@Home, ohlakeni lapho ukusebenza kwekhompuyutha okukhulunywe ngakho ngenhla kwamavolontiya emhlabeni wonke kusetshenziselwa ukuhlaziywa kwedatha. Ngenkathi esikhathini esedlule uhlelo lwe-SETI@Home lwalugxile ekuhloleni indawo emkhathini ngomzamo wokuthola izimpawu zobuhlakani bangaphandle komhlaba. Lolu cwaningo luzophela ngoNdasa njengoba inyuvesi ephethe iphrojekthi ye-SETI@Home ikwazile ukuqoqa imininingwane eyanele.

I-SETI@Home akuyona ukuphela kwephrojekthi yalolu hlobo - isibonelo, iphrojekthi ye-Folding@Home (FAH) nayo isebenza ngendlela efanayo, esanda kugxila ekusizeni ukuthola ikhambi le-COVID-19. Esikhathini esedlule, iphrojekthi ye-Folding@Home yayigxile, isibonelo, ocwaningweni ngomdlavuza webele noma wezinso, izifo zemizwa njenge-Alzheimer's, Parkinson's noma Huntington's, kodwa futhi nezifo ezithathelwanayo ezifana ne-Dengue fever, i-Zika virus, i-hepatitis C noma Igciwane le-Ebola. Manje, i-COVID-19 yengeziwe kulolu hlu.

Abaqhubi bephrojekthi ye-Folding@home bamema abo amawebhusayithi amavolontiya avela emhlabeni wonke ukuze asebenze ndawonye. "Ngokulanda i-Folding@home, unganikela ngezinsiza zekhompyutha ezingasetshenzisiwe ku-Folding@home consortium," abahleli bephrojekthi basho ocingweni lwabo. Baphinde bachaze kuwebhusayithi ukuthi amavolontiya azosekela imizamo yochwepheshe yokusheshisa ucwaningo oluhlobene nokwakhiwa komuthi osebenzayo we-COVID-19. "Idatha osisizayo ukuthi siyikhiqize izokwabiwa ngokushesha futhi ngokukhululekile njengengxenye yokubambisana kwesayensi evulekile phakathi kwamalabhorethri emhlabeni wonke, okunikeza abacwaningi amathuluzi amasha angavula amathuba amasha okuthuthukisa izidakamizwa ezisindisa ukuphila."

Abanikazi bama-Mac ane-architecture engu-64-bit, iphrosesa ye-Intel Core 2 Duo noma eyakamuva kanye ne-macOS 10.6 nakamuva bangabamba iqhaza kuphrojekthi ye-Folding@Home.

Iphrojekthi ye-Folding@home igxile ocwaningweni lwezifo. Yasungulwa ngo-2000 eStanford University futhi iqhutshwa nguSolwazi Vijay Pande.

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