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Vannevar Bush imagines the Memex
As We May Think
- Date
- July 1945
- Category
- Opinion & interviews
- Organization / Model
- Vannevar Bush
- Evidence
- 1 source · 1 evidence family
In The Atlantic Bush sketched a device storing knowledge on microfilm and traversed by association links, a source for hypertext, personal information management and retrieval. It was never built, but it shaped later interactive computing and search.
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APA 7 · American Psychological Association
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AI 纪年. "Vannevar Bush 发表《诚如所思》，提出 Memex." Published July 1945. Accessed Nov. 3, 2026. https://aihist.net/e/as-we-may-think-1945.html.
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