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What best summarizes the central idea of the passage from "How the Internet and Other Technologies Came About"?
Technological advancement is a side effect of military efforts to win wars.
Technological advancement is a side effect of academic competition between countries.
Technological advancement is a side effect of economic competition between countries.
Technological advancement is a side effect of profit-driven corporations.

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
Technological advancement is a side effect of military efforts to win wars.

This best fits because the passage emphasizes technologies (like the Internet) originating from government/military research and wartime needs rather than primarily academic rivalry, economic competition, or corporate profit motives.