Which government agency provided most funding for Engelbart's research?
NASA
FDA
ARPA
DOE
Answer
The Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA), now known as the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), was a prominent funder of Engelbart's groundbreaking research on human-computer interaction. Engelbart's visionary ideas and the subsequent development of the networked computer systems, graphical user interfaces, and early hypertext systems can be attributed to the financial backing and recognition he received from ARPA.
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