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Memex

A memex (a portmanteau of "memory" and "index") is a hypothetical electromechanical device for interacting with microform documents and described in Vannevar Bush's 1945 article "As We May Think". Bush envisioned the memex as a device in which individuals would compress and store all of their books, records, and communications, "mechanized so that it may…

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1959 Memex II

1967 Memex revisited

DARPA Memex Program

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Memex

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Edges52
Triples117
Avg. degree1.96
Density0.037736
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related to Bibliography · 49
Memex → Academic Press, Annual Review, Anthem Press, As We Could Have, As We May Think, Barnet, Belinda, Blaise, Bush, Christopher, Cronin, Culture, Deploying Historical Narratives, Eds, From Memex, Hypertext, Image, In, Information Science, Information Today Inc
related to Legacy · 16
Memex → According, Around, As We May Think, Augmentation, Buckland, Bush, Bush's, Conceptual Framework, Douglas Engelbart, Emanuel Goldberg, Engelbart, In, Man's Intellect, Michael Buckland, The, Zeiss Ikon
related to DARPA Memex Program · 12
Memex → Agency, Bush's, Chris White, Combat Trafficking, DARPA, Defense Advanced Research Projects, Extraordinary Efforts, In, Persons, Presidential Award, Wade Shen, White House
related to 1967 Memex revisited · 9
Memex → Bush, In, Memex Revisited, Over, Science Is Not Enough, Specifically, The, TV, Vannevar Bush
related to An electromechanical memex device · 8
Memex → As Bush, As We May Think, In, Most, The, This, Thus, Vannevar Bush
related to Other features · 8
Memex → According, Alfred, Bush, Crimi, In September, Life, The, Thus
related to External links · 6
Memex → As We May Think, Brown UniversityVannevar Bush, Celebration, Living Internet, Vannevar Bush's, Vision
related to 1959 Memex II · 5
Memex → Each, In, Memex II, Professional, Vannevar Bush
related to Extending, storing, and consulting the record of the species · 3
Memex → As We May Think, Bush's, In Bush's

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medicineinstance ofwhich would be useful for the sharing of ideas in fields0.80text
Memexrelated to 1959 Memex IIIn0.60section
Memexrelated to 1959 Memex IIVannevar Bush0.60section
Memexrelated to 1959 Memex IIMemex II0.60section
Memexrelated to 1959 Memex IIProfessional0.60section
Memexrelated to 1959 Memex IIEach0.60section
Memexrelated to 1967 Memex revisitedVannevar Bush0.60section
Memexrelated to 1967 Memex revisitedMemex Revisited0.60section
Memexrelated to 1967 Memex revisitedScience Is Not Enough0.60section
Memexrelated to 1967 Memex revisitedOver0.60section
Memexrelated to 1967 Memex revisitedBush0.60section
Memexrelated to 1967 Memex revisitedSpecifically0.60section

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