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When a task shows up in your account online, it means the server thinks it sent it to your computer, but for some reason, it never actually made it. We normally refer to these as "ghost" workunits; SETI refers to them as "lost" workunits.
Since there is a BOINC feature enabled server-side here on SETI called "re-send lost tasks", the next time your computer contacts the servers, the server will ask your client what work it has, and when the discrepancy is found, it will be automatically re-sent to your computer.
Worse case scenario, if for some reason that work never makes it to your computer, the deadline assigned to your computer will expire and another copy will be automatically sent out to another computer to crunch that workunit instead.
All completely automatic. No additional work on your behalf required. | 
