From Morse Code to Fiber Optics: How Data Transmission Evolved

Data has always traveled from one place to another, like a message in a bottle. First, people used telegraphs, which sent messages as dots and dashes, like Morse Code. Later, they used phones and cables to send information faster. Now we have the internet, where data travels through super-thin wires called fiber optics that can carry huge amounts of information all at once, kind of like a highway for data.

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  1. A message sent via telegraph was like a letter that traveled across wires using dots and dashes.
  2. Today’s internet is like having a super-fast highway for data, where messages move instantly around the world.
  3. Fiber optics are tiny glass wires used to carry huge amounts of information quickly.

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