Assimilation
From Unofficial BOINC Wiki
[edit] General
This is the mechanism by which the project is notified of the completion (success or unsuccessful) of a Work Unit. It is performed exactly once per Work Unit. If the Work Unit was completed successfully (i.e. if there is a Canonical Result) the project-supplied function reads the output file(s) and handles the information, e.g. by recording it in a Science Database. If the Work Unit failed, the function might write an entry in a log, send an email, etc.
