User:Chunkey73

whoa whoa ... here is some stuff that i need to remember for my John Von Neumann project / presentation thing

IF ANYONE DELETES THIS PAGE YOU WILL BE HACKED

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/5e/JohnvonNeumann-LosAlamos.gif

also the text is

1.  title slide

2.  Background

3.  Functional Analysis

4.  computer science

5.  hydromecanics

6.  Quantum Mechanics

7.  Manhattan Project

8.  Legacy

In 1945, John von Neumann presented his idea of the stored program concept. The stored program computer would store computer instructions in a CPU (central processing unit). The CPU consisted of different elements used to control all the functions of the computer electronically so that it would not be necessary to flip switches or pull wires to change instructions.

Together with Mauchly and Eckert, von Neumann designed and built the EDVAC (electronic discrete variable automatic computer) and the EDSAC (electronic delay storage automatic computer). These computers were designed to solve many different problems by simply entering new instructions that were stored on paper tape. The instructions were in machine language, which consists of 0s and 1s to represent the status of a switch (0 for off 1 for on)