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For millennia, writing dominated the landscape of information technologies. Yet, during the 19th century's industrial revolution, groundbreaking innovations began to emerge that hinted at a deeper understanding of information's capacity. One of the earliest examples was the Jacquard loom, which allowed complex patterns to be woven into silk fabrics through a series of punched cards, thereby illustrating the principle of translating visual information into a different medium.