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Thank you Gordon...I am two days late! Nice of you to do that..

Hi Team,

I am having to drop out of the Folding@home Team because this program uses way to much CPU and the fans are roaring. My system should be able to handle it but it is not working out so well.

Even though you indicated it is working as planned, I'm still not seeing your name.  Perhaps Aaron  or one of the other members of the team will know why.

Thank you Corrine, I am on the list now. Maybe I just needed to do a Folding scan for awhile to complete one phase?
 

Hi Ssherjj,

I'm mainly running the GPU and at full it's around 40% usage which it can easily handle.

Well that sounds good...but you're saying that this program runs on other resources as well?

Well that is what I was wondering...but here is a screenshot just encase. Thank you Corrine!

Hi @Corrine

I have joined but I am not seeing my name on this page? https://stats.foldingathome.org/team/261265

Am I doing this right? https://client.foldingathome.org/

Thank you .. Does this explain the difference?

Program -: A computer program is set of instructions that can be executed on a computer.Software can be made up of more than one program. All-encompassing term that is often used in contrast to hardware (the tangible parts of a computer)

Application -:

An application is software that directly helps a user perform tasks. Application is a possibly a collection of coordinating program instances to solve a user's purpose.
A program or group of programs that is designed for the end user. Application software (an application) is a set of computer programs designed to permit the user to perform a group of coordinated functions, tasks, or activities. Application software cannot run on itself but is dependent on system software to execute
"All applications are programs, but a program is not necessarily an application. For example, there are always lots of programs running on the background of an operating system, but since they weren't developed for the end-user, they are not applications. On the other hand, Windows Media Player and Firefox, for example, are applications. They have a Graphical User Interface."

Difference between computer program & applications—
1. Software is an all-encompassing term for computer data while an application is a type of software that does a certain task

2. Applications are executable while software may or may not be executable

3. Applications are often operating system specific while software are not necessarily so

4. Applications usually need user interaction to function while software does not necessarily have to

OR/AND

Conceptually, no difference. We can even say an Operating System(OS) is a computer program. But when it comes to normal usage, a program’s scope is one single task and an application’s scope is multiple tasks put together(a project kind).