Definitions for von neumann machine

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. von Neumann machine(noun)

    any digital computer incorporating the ideas of stored programs and serial counters that were proposed in 1946 by von Neumann and his colleagues

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  1. von Neumann machine(Noun)

    Any computer that has a central processing unit and can store programs in memory

  2. von Neumann machine(Noun)

    Any machine that is capable of self-replication

  3. Origin: For John von Neumann, Hungarian mathematician


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