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110110### What is the point of Nock? {#why-nock}
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112−The primary technical reason we can’t run our own computers already is that they
113−don’t all compute the same way. [Nock](/docs/glossary/nock.md) solves this
114−problem. It provides a single computing foundation for the whole network. It’s
115−also deterministic — which is an important feature when designing a personal
116−server with the objective of being as simple to manage as a personal computer.
112+The primary technical reason it is difficult for the individual to run a
113+personal server is that modern computing architectures are not deterministic.
114+What solves a problem for one person is not guaranteed to work on another
115+person's computer, even if they are using identical hardware.
116+[Nock](/docs/glossary/nock.md) solves this problem. It provides a single
117+computing foundation for the whole network, so that difficult issues that
118+arise when running a server need only to be solved once and the solution is
119+guaranteed to work for everyone on the network.
117120
118121It’s true that Nock, without jets, is slow. With the ability to call out to a
119122native function, it’s not so bad. This is done by our runtime,