First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC
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First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC is a seminal 1945 technical report that laid out the stored-program computer architecture that became the foundation for most modern computers.
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| instanceOf |
computer science document
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historical document → technical report → |
| alsoKnownAs |
EDVAC report
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von Neumann EDVAC report → |
| associatedWith |
ENIAC project
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Moore School of Electrical Engineering → University of Pennsylvania → |
| author |
John von Neumann
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| basedOn |
EDVAC project
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| circulation |
limited distribution memorandum
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| citedBy |
numerous computer history studies
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| commissionedBy |
U.S. Army Ordnance Department
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| countryOfOrigin |
United States
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| dateWritten |
June 1945
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| defines |
functional units of a computer
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logical structure of an electronic digital computer → |
| describes |
binary computation
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central control unit → input-output organization → memory unit → separation of memory and processing → stored-program concept → use of a single memory for data and instructions → |
| documentType |
unpublished report
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| field |
computer engineering
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computer science → |
| genre |
technical memorandum
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| historicalSignificance |
foundation of most modern computer designs
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seminal document in computer science → |
| impactOn |
development of early computers
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stored-program computer design → |
| influenced |
computer engineering
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design of modern computers → von Neumann architecture → |
| language |
English
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| length |
approximately 101 pages
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| mentions |
delay line memory
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serial processing → |
| predecessorTo |
later formalizations of von Neumann architecture
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| proposes |
storing program instructions in memory
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use of binary rather than decimal representation → |
| publicationYear |
1945
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| subject |
EDVAC
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computer architecture → electronic digital computers → stored-program computer architecture → |
| timePeriod |
World War II era
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EDVAC
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von Neumann architecture → |
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First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC
("von Neumann EDVAC report")
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IAS machine
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John von Neumann
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