IBM 701, 1952, International Business Machine's first mass-produced electronic stored-program computer. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern History of Computing] Reference
The first electronic stored-program digital computer to be proposed in the U.S. was the EDVAC (see below). From Wordnik.com. [The Modern History of Computing] Reference
(A program-controlled computer, as opposed to a stored-program computer, is set up for a new task by re-routing wires, by means of plugs etc.). From Wordnik.com. [The Modern History of Computing] Reference
ESS: Electronic Switching System - A generic term used to identify as a class, stored-program switching systems such as the Bell System's No. 1 No. 2, No. 3. From Wordnik.com. [The Official Phreaker's Manual Version 1.1 by The Jammer and Jack the Ripper] Reference
Von Neumann was a prestigious figure and he made the concept of a high-speed stored-program digital computer widely known through his writings and public addresses. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern History of Computing] Reference
In 1945 Turing joined the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) in London, his brief to design and develop an electronic stored-program digital computer for scientific work. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern History of Computing] Reference
As a result of his high profile in the field, it became customary, although historically inappropriate, to refer to electronic stored-program digital computers as ˜von Neumann machines™. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern History of Computing] Reference
These designs were flexible and powerful, punched card controlled general-purpose calculators, embodying many features that would later be incorporated into the modern stored-program computer. From Wordnik.com. [Babbage, Charles] Reference
In 1945, while ENIAC was still under construction, von Neumann produced a draft report, mentioned previously, setting out the ENIAC group's ideas for an electronic stored-program general-purpose digital computer, the EDVAC. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern History of Computing] Reference
The story of artificial intelligence began in earnest when Simon teamed up with Alan Newell and the first generation of stored-program IBM computers The two shared the idea of teaching a computer to play chess—chess is “the Drosophila of AI,” Simon says. From Wordnik.com. [Economic Principals] Reference
At the Moore School, von Neumann emphasised the importance of the stored-program concept for electronic computing, including the possibility of allowing the machine to modify its own program in useful ways while running (for example, in order to control loops and branching). From Wordnik.com. [The Modern History of Computing] Reference
To those acquainted with the universal Turing machine of 1936, and the associated stored-program concept, Flowers 'racks of digital electronic equipment were proof of the feasibility of using large numbers of vacuum tubes to implement a high-speed general-purpose stored-program computer. From Wordnik.com. [The Modern History of Computing] Reference
The EDVAC was the first computer to implement the stored-program concept. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The UNIVAC was a stored-program computer, like its non-commercial sister the. From Wordnik.com. [Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]] Reference
Work began this week on restoring what will be the world's oldest working stored-program electronic computer. From Wordnik.com. [silicon.com :] Reference
(The EDSAC, the first working stored-program computer, was put to work deciphering x-ray diffraction patterns circa 1950.). From Wordnik.com. [bit-player] Reference
The 1401 was one of IBMs earliest transistorized computers and introduced thousands of businesses to stored-program computing while its tape and disk systems freed them from the decades-long practice of storing data on punched cards. From Wordnik.com. [WN.com - Articles related to Traditional plastics shelved in bio-product industry] Reference
It was designed for the world' s first stored-program computer, and used a rotary telephone controller for game control. (. From Wordnik.com. [Recently Uploaded Slideshows] Reference
Chair of the study Professor Steve Furber said: "The UK has a proud history of leading the way in the field of computer science and associated disciplines, from the development of the world's first stored-program computers to more recent innovations such as the invention of the world-wide web. From Wordnik.com. [BBC News - Technology] Reference
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