SQL and CNC machine: what they have in common
- Step 1. SQL — uses — Database. Database queries.
- Step 2. Database — evolved from — Hollerith tabulator. Processing large datasets began with tabulators.
- Step 3. Hollerith tabulator — uses — Electromagnetism. The counters click with electromagnets.
- Step 4. Electromagnetism — is used in — Servomotor. A servo is an electric motor with feedback.
- Step 5. Servomotor — is part of — CNC machine. Servo drives move the axes.