Who awarded Engelbart the National Medal of Technology?
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The National Medal of Technology was awarded to Douglas Engelbart by Bill Clinton, the 42nd President of the United States. This prestigious honor recognized Engelbart's remarkable contributions to the advancement of technology, particularly his pioneering work on human-computer interaction, which laid the foundation for modern computing interfaces and devices like the mouse and graphical user interface (GUI).
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