# memex

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
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.

## Etymology
Blend of memory + index, coined by Vannevar Bush in his article As We May Think (1945) in The Atlantic Monthly.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
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