"memex" meaning in English

See memex in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Forms: memexes [plural]
Etymology: Blend of memory + index, coined by Vannevar Bush in his article As We May Think (1945) in The Atlantic Monthly. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|memory|index}} Blend of memory + index Head templates: {{en-noun}} memex (plural memexes)
  1. A proposed computer system, implemented with electromechanical controls and microfilm equipment, that would permit a researcher to follow and annotate topics of interest, analogous to later hypertext technologies. Wikipedia link: memex

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