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Quote: EDVAC-type machines have internal memory, elementary instructions stored as data; stands for Electronic Discrete Variable Arithmetic Computer
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The initials [EDVAC] stand for "Electronic Discrete Variable … Several EDVAC-type machines are now being planned … [They have] (1) an extensive internal memory; (2) elementary … instructions as well as numerical quantities in the … [p. 204] [By modifying instructions,] an EDVAC-type machine can, with surprisingly … internal memory capacity. Google-1 Google-2
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Quote: by modifying instructions; EDVAC-type machines can carry out processes that would otherwise require vast programs
Topic: what is a computer (62 items)
Topic: procedures as data (22 items)