Okay, so you know how when you're looking for something on the internet, you type in some words and then the computer tries to show you all the websites that might have what you're looking for?
Well, sometimes there are things that are more difficult to find online. These might be things like specific people, documents or even illegal activity that people are trying to hide.
That's where the Memex program comes in! It's a special tool made by DARPA that helps people search for things that are harder to find on the internet.
It works kind of like a detective. It gathers a lot of information from different websites and puts it all together in one place. And it doesn't just look at the words on the pages, it looks at the pictures, videos, and all sorts of other stuff too.
Using Memex, investigators can find connections between people or things that they might not have been able to see before. They can also search for specific patterns or signs of illegal activity.
So, basically, Memex is like a super-powerful search engine that helps people find things that might be hiding on the internet.