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Nelson coined the term "[[hypertext]]", building on Vannevar Bush's original idea (see [[memex]]), and which led to Apple Computer's [[HyperCard]].  

Nelson coined the term "[[hypertext]]", building on Vannevar Bush's original idea (see [[memex]]), and which led to Apple Computer's [[HyperCard]].  

Internal links on a wiki owe a debt to Ted Nelson.

Internal links on a wiki owe a debt to Ted Nelson.

But he disliked the one-way links of [[HTML]] and spent the bulk of his professional life on his proposed [[Xanadu]] system<ref>"deep electronic documents-- with side-by-side intercomparison and frictionless re-use of copyrighted material." [http://www.xanadu.com/] </ref>  

But he disliked the one-way links of [[HTML]] and spent the bulk of his professional life on his proposed [[Xanadu]] system<ref>"deep electronic documents-- with side-by-side intercomparison and frictionless re-use of copyrighted material." [http://www.xanadu.com/]</ref>  

to support non-sequential writing. The Xanadu system was first proposed {{years ago|1960}} years ago, but a demo was not made until 1972, and Nelson couldn't get sufficient funding until he met [[John Walker]], founder of [[Autodesk]].

to support non-sequential writing. The Xanadu system was first proposed {{years ago|1960}} years ago, but a demo was not made until 1972, and Nelson couldn't get sufficient funding until he met [[John Walker]], founder of [[Autodesk]].

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