Founded by Ted Nelson in 1960, was the first hypertext project, predating the World Wide Web [25].
The word itself rolls off the tongue like a spell— Xanadu . It is a term that conjures immediate images of opulence, mystery, and an idyllic beauty that exists just beyond the reach of the mortal world. For nearly two centuries, this single word has served as a shorthand for the ultimate escape, a placeholder for paradise. Xanadu
The title song, "Xanadu," redefined the keyword for a new generation. The lyrics—"A place where nobody dared to go / The love that we came to know / They call it Xanadu"—stripped away the opium-fueled complexity of Coleridge and replaced it with pure, synth-heavy euphoria. Founded by Ted Nelson in 1960, was the