Memex a device where an “individual store all his
books, records, and communications, and which is
mechanized so that it may be consulter with
exceeding speed and flexibility.
Bush visualized memex as a device for connecting information: When the user is building a trail, he names it, inserts the name in his code book, and taps it out on his keyboard. Before him are the two items to be joined, a number of a blank code spaces, and a pointer is set to indicate one of these on each item.