ON-Line System

The oN-Line System, also known as "NLS", was a multi-year project at the (now known as SRI International) to create to tools to "augment" human intelllectual capabilities. The project was managed by Douglas Engelbart, who was was inspired by the visionary article "" from the July 1945 issue of .

Some of the major developments of the project included the mouse, hypertext, and the graphical user interface. During a on December 9, 1968, Engelbart demonstrated NLS in a presentation that came to be known as "". This in turn inspired Alan Kay, who would join Xerox PARC as a research scientist.