Vocabulary

2. Obtaining input or information from a large number of people via the internet
5. Scientific research conducted in whole or in part by amateur or nonprofessional scientists
8. A set of rules governing the exchange or transmission of data between devices
11. A problem-solving approach that finds a satisfactory solution where finding an optimal one is impractical
12. The maximum amount of data that can be transmitted over a network in a given amount of time
14. The time it takes for a data packet to travel from source to destination
15. The system that translates human-readable website names into IP addresses

1. A system of interlinked hypertext documents and resources accessed through the internet
3. The capacity for a system to handle growing amounts of work or accommodate growth
4. The inclusion of extra components that can be used to maintain functionality if other components fail
6. A method of reducing the size of data to save space or transmission time
7. A global network that connects millions of private, public, academic, business, and government networks
9. Data that provides information about other data, such as file size or date created
10. A numeric system of base 2 that only uses combinations of the digits zero and one
13. A unique string of numbers separated by periods used to identify devices on a network