Parallel ROOt Facility - distributed, parallel computing

 The ROOT system provides a set of OO frameworks with all the
 functionality needed to handle and analyze large amounts of data
 efficiently.
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 This package contains the PROOF server. proofd is the core daemon of
 the PROOF (Parallel ROOt Facility) system for distributed parallel
 computing. Installing this package on a machine, makes it possible
 for the machine to participate in a parallel computing farm (cluster
 or via the Internet), either as a master or a slave, using a
 transparent interface.