What is Memex?What is Hypertext?What is Xanadu?
The “memex” (a portmanteau of “memory extender”) is the name given by Vannevar Bush to the theoretical proto-hypertext computer system he proposed in his 1945 The Atlantic Monthly article “As We May Think”. The memex has influenced the development of subsequential hypertext and intellect augmenting computer systems. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Memex Hypertext most often refers to text on a computer that will lead the user to other, related information on demand. Hypertext represents a relatively recent innovation to user interfacing, which overcomes some of the limitations of written text. Rather than remaining static like traditional text, hypertext makes possible a dynamic organization of information through links and connections (called hyperlinks). Hypertext can be designed to perform various tasks; for instance when a user “clicks” on it or “hovers” over it, a bubble with a word definition may appear, or a web page o
