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jan 1, 1940 - The Von Neumann Machine

Description:

The Von Neumann Machine is a model/process that describes how a powerful computer would think and operate.

- Modern computers follow this model
- Outlined how complicated functions could be operated by a simple process
- Used a main computing part, CPU; fast access memory, RAM; and a long term slow memory, the Hard Drive.

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Date:

jan 1, 1940
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~ 86 years ago