Solid-state drive and jacquard loom: what they have in common

1. Step 1. Solid-state drive — has part — Flash memory. Flash memory.
2. Step 2. Flash memory — is part of — E-reader. Memory.
3. Step 3. E-reader — evolved from — Codex (book). An electronic book.
4. Step 4. Codex (book) — is used in — Gutenberg printing press. The press printed sheets that were bound into codex books.
5. Step 5. Gutenberg printing press — works like — Jacquard loom. An analogy, not proven influence: both set type and a chain of punched cards are a replaceable pattern that a machine reproduces over and over.

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