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Noun: von Neumann machine
  1. A computer architecture based on the stored-program concept where both data and program instructions are stored in memory, proposed by John von Neumann in 1946
    "Most modern computers are von Neumann machines"

Derived forms: von Neumann machines

Type of: digital computer

Encyclopedia: Von Neumann machine