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ERIC Number: EJ454696
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 1992
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ISSN: ISSN-0002-8231
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The Other Memex: The Tangled Career of Vannevar Bush's Information Machine, the Rapid Selector.
Burke, Colin
Journal of the American Society for Information Science, v43 n10 p648-57 Dec 1992
Presents an historical overview of Vannevar Bush's efforts to develop a machine for free-form indexing and computerized information retrieval. Descriptions of the Memex concept and two related machines--the Rapid Selector and the Comparator--are provided; and the shift in emphasis to a device for business or cryptanalytic purposes is discussed. (93 references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Automatic Indexing, Computer Oriented Programs, Cryptography, Information Retrieval, Information Technology, Problems, Research and Development
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Historical Materials; Information Analyses
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Language: English
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