TLS/HTTPS and incandescent light bulb: what they have in common

  1. Step 1. TLS/HTTPS — uses — Public-key cryptography. Asymmetric encryption.
  2. Step 2. Public-key cryptography — is a kind of — Cryptography. A branch of cryptography.
  3. Step 3. Cryptography — is used in — Colossus. It broke the Lorenz cipher.
  4. Step 4. Colossus — has part — Vacuum tube. About 2,500 vacuum tubes.
  5. Step 5. Vacuum tube — is made of — Tungsten. The cathode is a tungsten filament.
  6. Step 6. Tungsten — is material for — Incandescent light bulb. A tungsten filament (since 1904–1910).

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