The number was found by the Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, or GIMPS for short, in which a bunch of networked computers try to come up with prime numbers while they’re not being used for something else.
这个数字是由 Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search(简称 GIMPS)发现的, 其中一堆联网的计算机试图在它们没有被用于其他事情时想出素数。