trail of interest
Vannevar Bush (1945) As We May Think Section 7
The process of tying two items together is the important thing.
... he builds a trail of his interest through the maze of materials available to him. And his trails do not fade.
... he sets a reproducer in action, photographs the whole trail out, and passes it to his friend for insertion in his own memex, there to be linked into the more general trail.
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The process of tying two items together is the important thing. ... he builds a trail of his interest ... his trails do not fade.
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