Tall wooden churn und internet: was sie gemeinsam haben
- Schritt 1. Tall wooden churn — ist Teil von — Butterfass. A tall narrow container.
- Schritt 2. Butterfass — nutzt — Lever. A dasher.
- Schritt 3. Lever — wird verwendet in — Optical telegraph. The arms were moved by a system of levers and rods.
- Schritt 4. Optical telegraph — entwickelte sich zu — Electrical telegraph. The electrical telegraph replaced semaphore lines.
- Schritt 5. Electrical telegraph — funktioniert wie — Packet switching. An analogy: telegraph messages were passed from station to station with intermediate storage — a “store and forward” principle similar to packet transmission.
- Schritt 6. Packet switching — wird verwendet in — Internet. Data is sent in packets.