Memex

In the article Bush proposed what he called a memex – a system that in some ways anticipated the web. ❋ Unknown (2007)

A memex is a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility … ❋ Unknown (2008)

A memex is a device in which an individual stores all his books, records, and communications, and which is mechanized so that it may be consulted with exceeding speed and flexibility. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Only a small part of the interior of the memex is devoted to storage, the rest to mechanism. ❋ Unknown (1969)

Dr. Bush conceptualized a "private library," coined "memex" memory index in his essay, which could ingest the "mountain of research," and use associative indexing -- how we think -- to correlate trusted data to support human decision making. ❋ Steve Hamby (2011)

Envisioning the Web, 60 Years Ago By Chris Sherman, Searchday Feb 28 A look back to Vannevar Bush's famous article, As We May Think, in which he envisioned a 'memex' for storing and interlinking information. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It needs a name, and, to coin one at random, "memex" will do. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Vannevar Bush wrote the first description of the potential uses for information technology with his description of the "memex" automated library system. ❋ Oaktree (2010)