The SETI (Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence) project collected vast amounts of data that needed processing. SETI was one
of the early adopters of a technology in which volunteers installed a small application on personal computers to receive, process and return information to SETI. Using multiple systems to process large amounts of data was considered to be less expensive than using a single supercomputer to conduct the same task. This technology is typically known as: answer choices
collective intelligence.
Based on the information provided within the question it can be said that this technology is typically known as grid computing. Like mentioned in the question, this is a type of processor architecture in which various computer resources are combines from different domains in order to work together towards a common main objective. Which is exactly what SETI has done by using many individual's computers to essentially create one supercomputer capable of handling all the data.
