The first hyperlink?
Question: Who said the following: “the basic idea of associative indexing…is a provision whereby any item may be caused at will to select immediately and automatically another… Wholly new forms of encyclopedias will appear, ready-made with a mesh of associative trails running through them, ready to be…amplified.”
- Charles Babbage
- Alan Turing
- Vannevar Bush
- Albert Einstein
Answer: Vannevar Bush
…in the Atlantic Monthly in 1945.
June 9th, 2008