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The concept of computer supported cooperative work (CSCW) was pioneered by Engelbart, who demonstrated as early as 1968 a prototype called NLS/Augment. Developed at the Stanford Research Institute during the period 1963-76, this system allowed office workers to communicate either by exchanging documents or by interacting in real time through a shared window. Part of the philosophy behind NLS/Augment was that interaction with computers should be made as simple and natural as possible: to this end Engelbart introduced such features as windows, mixed text and graphics, pop-up menus, and the mouse.
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Power, R., Carminati, L. (1993). Computer Supported Cooperative Work. In: Power, R.J.D. (eds) Cooperation Among Organizations. Research Reports ESPRIT, vol 1. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-84871-1_2
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