H-LAM/T ("Human using Language, Artifacts, Methodology, in which he is Trained”)

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H-LAM/T ("Human using Language, Artifacts, Methodology, in which he is Trained”)

Description

The human and the artifacts are the only physical components of the H-LAM/T system. It is upon their capabilities that the ultimate capability of the system will depend. … There are thus two separate domains of activity within the H-LAM/T system: that represented by the human, in which all explicit human processes occur; and that represented by the artifacts, in which all explicit-artifact processes occur. In any composite process, there is cooperative interaction between the two domains, requiring interchange of energy (much of it for information exchange purposes only). … Exchange across this [man-artifact] “interface” occurs when an explicit-human process is coupled to an explicit-artifact process. Quite often these coupled processes are designed for just this exchange purpose, to provide a functional match between other explicit-human and explicit-artifact processes buried within their respective domains that do the more significant things. For instance, the finger and hand motions (explicit-human processes) activate key-linkage motions in the typewriter (couple to explicit-artifact processes). But these are only part of the matching processes between the deeper human processes that direct a given word to be typed and the deeper artifact processes that actually imprint the ink marks on the paper.

Designer

Engelbart, Douglas

Date

1962

Source

Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework.

Bibliographic Citation

Engelbart, Douglas. "Augmenting Human Intellect: A Conceptual Framework." In The New Media Reader (2003), edited by Noah Wardrip-Fruin and Nick Montfort; designed by Michael Crumpton. The MIT Press. Figure 8.1. Page 96.

Engelbart, Douglas. 1962. "Summary Report AFOSR–3223." Under Contract AF 49(638)–1024, SRI Project 3578 for Air Force Office of Scientific Research. Stanford Research Institute, October 1962.

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Alternative Title

"Human using Language, Artifacts, Methodology, in which he is Trained”

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