The Other Memex: The Tangled Career of Vannevar Bush's Information Machine, The Rapid Selector
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| Year of Publication |
1992
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Journal of the American Society for Information Science
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43
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December
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| Pagination |
648-657
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| Abstract |
Presents an historical overview of Vannevar Bush's efforts to develop a machine for free-form indexing and computerized information retrieval. Envisioned as a way for scholars and librarians to deal with information overload, the devices were instead used for business and cryptanalysis purposes.
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