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.
All labels observed (2)
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| First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC canonical | 4 |
| von Neumann EDVAC report | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T131653 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC Context triple: [John von Neumann, notableWork, First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC]
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On Computable Numbers with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem
"On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem" is Alan Turing’s landmark 1936 paper that introduced the Turing machine model and founded the formal study of computability and the limits of algorithmic decision procedures.
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B.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
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A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits
A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits is Claude Shannon’s landmark 1937 master’s thesis that founded modern digital circuit design by applying Boolean algebra to relay and switching systems.
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D.
A Mathematical Theory of Communication
A Mathematical Theory of Communication is Claude Shannon’s landmark 1948 paper that founded information theory by rigorously defining concepts like information, entropy, and channel capacity.
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E.
ALGOL 60
ALGOL 60 is an early high-level programming language that pioneered block structure and lexical scoping, profoundly influencing the design of many later languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC Target entity description: 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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A.
On Computable Numbers with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem
"On Computable Numbers, with an Application to the Entscheidungsproblem" is Alan Turing’s landmark 1936 paper that introduced the Turing machine model and founded the formal study of computability and the limits of algorithmic decision procedures.
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B.
As We May Think
As We May Think is a seminal 1945 essay by Vannevar Bush that envisioned hypertext-like information systems and profoundly influenced the development of modern computing and the internet.
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C.
A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits
A Symbolic Analysis of Relay and Switching Circuits is Claude Shannon’s landmark 1937 master’s thesis that founded modern digital circuit design by applying Boolean algebra to relay and switching systems.
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D.
A Mathematical Theory of Communication
A Mathematical Theory of Communication is Claude Shannon’s landmark 1948 paper that founded information theory by rigorously defining concepts like information, entropy, and channel capacity.
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E.
ALGOL 60
ALGOL 60 is an early high-level programming language that pioneered block structure and lexical scoping, profoundly influencing the design of many later languages.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
computer science document
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historical document ⓘ technical report ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
EDVAC report
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First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC ⓘ
surface form:
von Neumann EDVAC report
|
| associatedWith |
ENIAC project
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Moore School of Electrical Engineering ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ |
| author | John von Neumann ⓘ |
| basedOn |
EDVAC
ⓘ
surface form:
EDVAC project
|
| circulation | limited distribution memorandum ⓘ |
| citedBy | numerous computer history studies ⓘ |
| commissionedBy |
United States Ordnance Department
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surface form:
U.S. Army Ordnance Department
|
| countryOfOrigin |
United States of America
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surface form:
United States
|
| dateWritten | June 1945 ⓘ |
| defines |
functional units of a computer
ⓘ
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 ⓘ |
| field |
computer engineering
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computer science ⓘ |
| genre | technical memorandum ⓘ |
| 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
ⓘ
design of modern computers ⓘ von Neumann architecture ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| length | approximately 101 pages ⓘ |
| mentions |
delay line memory
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serial processing ⓘ |
| predecessorTo | later formalizations of von Neumann architecture ⓘ |
| proposes |
storing program instructions in memory
ⓘ
use of binary rather than decimal representation ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1945 ⓘ |
| subject |
EDVAC
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computer architecture ⓘ electronic digital computers ⓘ stored-program computer architecture ⓘ |
| timePeriod | World War II era ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Subject: First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC Description of subject: 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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this entity surface form:
von Neumann EDVAC report