正是基于这一想法，美国国防部高级研究计划署(DARPA)，也是美国国防部研究基金提供部门，两年前组织了来自休斯顿德克萨斯大学的一支科学家团队。

It was with them in mind that DARPA, the research-funding agency of America's Department of Defence, approached a group of scientists at the University of Texas, Houston, two years ago.

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事实上，这是美国国防部高级研究计划署曾经的的传奇人物杰·西·亚·利克里德(1915 ~ 1990)的理论。他是提出“人机共生”理念的先驱。

Indeed, it was J. C. R. Licklider, a legendary official at the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, who was a pioneer in proposing the idea of a "man-computer symbiosis."

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当时称其为阿帕网(Arpanet，取自高级研究计划署网络advance Research Projects Agency net work)，由美国国防部的科学家们研发而成。

It was called Arpanet, for Advanced Research Projects Agency Network, and was developed by scientists in the US Defense Department.

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