Definitions for von neumann machine
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Princeton's WordNet
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
Wiktionary
von Neumann machine(Noun)
Any computer that has a central processing unit and can store programs in memory
von Neumann machine(Noun)
Any machine that is capable of self-replication
Origin: For John von Neumann, Hungarian mathematician
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