Hypertext was proposed in 1945

This tidbit from "The Mythical Man-Month"...

Vannevar Bush, Director of the Office of Scientific Research and Development, wrote an article titled "As We May Think" for the July 1945 Atlantic Monthly where he "... urges that men of science should then turn to the massive task of making more accessible our bewildering store of knowledge."

In the article, he proposes and describes his "memex" machine that basically describes his vision of a world wide web.

Tags: Vannevar Bush, memex, hypertext

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