Quote: a computer can modify the address component of an order; earlier computers used fixed address instructions

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Remark: Orders w (or wh)-> .mu..rho. (or f) … of the type N.Eps (i.e. i_0=0), then it … is a minor cycle ending in .mu..rho. (i.e. … its 13 digits representing .mu.rho., and accept the … [p. 9 of introduction by A. Burks] When a number was transferred from CA … an order (i.e., a word whose first bit … the thirteen address bits located in w. The … code part of an order untouched. This last … all other computing machines before the EDVAC (including … instructions. … now that instructions as well as data could … data. Thus von Neumann invented the modern variable-address …   Google-1   Google-2

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