EDVAC

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electronic computer stored-program computer von Neumann architecture computer

EDVAC was one of the earliest electronic stored-program computers, pioneering the use of binary arithmetic and influencing the development of modern computer architecture.

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Surface form	Occurrences
EDVAC project	2

Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	electronic computer ⓘ stored-program computer ⓘ von Neumann architecture computer ⓘ
architectureType	stored-program architecture ⓘ
city	Philadelphia ⓘ
clockFrequency	about 1 MHz ⓘ
commissionedBy	United States Ordnance Department ⓘ surface form: U.S. Army Ordnance Department
completionDate	1949 ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
decommissionedDate	1961 ⓘ
designStartDate	1944 ⓘ 1945 ⓘ
developer	J. Presper Eckert ⓘ surface form: John Presper Eckert John W. Mauchly ⓘ surface form: John William Mauchly Moore School of Electrical Engineering ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
distinctionFromENIAC	stored program in memory ⓘ used binary instead of decimal ⓘ
documentedIn	First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC ⓘ
firstOperationalDate	1951 ⓘ
hasComponent	central control unit ⓘ input unit ⓘ memory unit ⓘ output unit ⓘ serial binary arithmetic unit ⓘ
historicalSignificance	influential in defining modern computer architecture concepts ⓘ one of the earliest electronic stored-program computers ⓘ pioneered binary arithmetic in general-purpose computers ⓘ
influenced	IAS machine ⓘ modern computer architecture ⓘ von Neumann architecture ⓘ
influencedBy	ENIAC project ⓘ surface form: ENIAC
location	Moore School of Electrical Engineering ⓘ University of Pennsylvania ⓘ
logicType	binary ⓘ
memoryCapacity	approximately 1,000 44-bit words ⓘ
numberOfVacuumTubes	about 6,000 ⓘ
powerSource	vacuum tubes ⓘ
purpose	ballistics calculations ⓘ scientific computation ⓘ
reportAuthor	John von Neumann ⓘ
state	Pennsylvania ⓘ
uses	binary arithmetic ⓘ mercury delay line memory ⓘ serial processing ⓘ
wordLength	44-bit ⓘ

Referenced by (10)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

von Neumann architecture → appliedIn → EDVAC ⓘ

Moore School of Electrical Engineering → associatedWith → EDVAC ⓘ

First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC → basedOn → EDVAC ⓘ

this entity surface form: EDVAC project

John W. Mauchly → coInventor → EDVAC ⓘ

J. Presper Eckert → coInventorOf → EDVAC ⓘ

ENIAC project → influenced → EDVAC ⓘ

this entity surface form: EDVAC project

IAS machine → influenced → EDVAC ⓘ

J. Presper Eckert → notableWork → EDVAC ⓘ

John W. Mauchly → notableWork → EDVAC ⓘ

First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC → subject → EDVAC ⓘ