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Episode 26 - Memex and Hyperlinks
Episode 26

Episode 26 - Memex and Hyperlinks

Advent of Computing · Sean S Haas

March 22, 202041m 38s

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Show Notes

The widespread use of the internet has shaped our world, it's hard do imagine the modern day without it. One of the biggest featured would have to be the hyperlink. But despite the modern net feeling so new, links actually date back as far as the 1930s and the creation of the Memex: a machine that was never built but would influence coming generations of dreamers.

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Important dates in this episode:

1927: Differential Analyzer Built at MIT 1938: Rapid Selector Built by Vannevar Bush 1945: As We May Think Published