A hypothetical machine described by Dr. in his July 1945 article in the Atlantic Monthly, As We May Think. The memex would be able to link any piece of data to any other at will, thereby building trails of information in conformity with the of the User. Bush’s description of in the memex is considered the first description of hypertext.

Memex

References

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  • wikipedia: memex
  • <li><a href="http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/foreseeing-the-future-the-legacy-of-vannevar-bush" class="urlextern"  title="http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/foreseeing-the-future-the-legacy-of-vannevar-bush"   >http://www.boxesandarrows.com/view/foreseeing-the-future-the-legacy-of-vannevar-bush</a>
    
    <li>http://www.kirchersociety.org/blog/2007/04/02/mundaneum-the-index-card-internet/