Question: "Having provided money to a project with a specific purpose in mind is referred to as?"  Context: "In the 1970s, computer engineers at research institutions throughout the United States began to link their computers together using telecommunications technology. The effort was funded by ARPA (now DARPA), and the computer network that resulted was called the ARPANET. The technologies that made the Arpanet possible spread and evolved."  Answer:
Answer:
funded