ABSTRACT

Mechanization formed the basis for automation, just as information technology (IT) underpinned the Internet. These are sequential developments that influence one another in their application. Automation was also used for mechanization (industrial automation), which made more and more innovations possible in the application of mechanization. The same applies to the influence of the Internet on IT, which makes increasing use of Internet applications and structures such as ‘cloud computing' and ‘grid computing', as well as databases linked to Internet applications.