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ZOG (hypertext)
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<p>ZOG was an early <a href="/facts/Hypertext/qD8ozxSb">hypertext</a> system developed at <a href="/facts/Carnegie_Mellon_University/XKd7L2KA">Carnegie Mellon University</a> during the 1970s by Donald McCracken and Robert Akscyn. ZOG was first developed by <a href="/facts/Allen_Newell/61yUQ647">Allen Newell</a> and <a href="/facts/George_G._Robertson/zydFmE1C">George G. Robertson</a> to serve as the front end for <a href="/facts/Artificial_intelligence/lJGauQwX">AI</a> and Cognitive Science programs brought together at CMU for a summer workshop. The ZOG project was as an outgrowth of long-term artificial intelligence research led by Allen Newell and funded by the <a href="/facts/Office_of_Naval_Research/qKug0oD2">Office of Naval Research</a>. A second version of ZOG was installed as the key interface between users and logistics on the Nimitz class carrier <a href="/facts/USS_Carl_Vinson/UXBdMWh0">USS <i>Carl Vinson</i></a> in 1983. </p>