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NLS (oN-Line System)

Human–Computer Interaction

The integrated system Engelbart's team built and demonstrated in 1968 — combining the mouse, on-screen windows, hypertext links, and real-time collaborative editing into one working environment decades ahead of its time.

NLS (oN-Line System) — The integrated system Engelbart's team built and demonstrated in 1968 — combining the mouse, on-screen windows, hypertext links, and real-time collaborative editing into one working environment decades ahead of its time.

This entry is a stub. It will be written out in full when a Chromix article calls for it. What belongs here: what NLS (oN-Line System) actually did, why it mattered at the time, and what it made possible afterwards — each claim carrying its own source.

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Xerox PARC, 1970. The invention that fit, and the ones that walked out.
Origins
The Mother of All Demos, 1968. What was shown but never built.
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In 1960, Engelbart ran the numbers. Moore's Law is the half we kept.
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