Reconsidering the stored-program concept

IEEE Annals of the History of Computing

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 4-17

  Haigh, Thomas ^a   Priestley, Mark ^b   Rope, Crispin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

EDVAC; EDVAC hardware paradigm; ENIAC; history of computing; John von Neumann; modern code paradigm; stored program; stored program concept; von Neumann architectural paradigm

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SCIENCE; HISTORY;

EDVAC; EDVAC HARDWARE PARADIGM; ENIAC; HISTORY OF COMPUTING; JOHN VON NEUMANN; MODERN CODE PARADIGM; NEUMANN; STORED PROGRAM; STORED PROGRAM CONCEPT;

MONTE CARLO METHODS;

EID: 84897130683     PISSN: 10586180     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MAHC.2013.56     Document Type: Article

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