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The mathematician John Von Neumann was involved in several key projects. He was a consultant on the ENIAC (Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer), designed and constructed at the University of Pennsylvania, which was the world's first general-purpose electronic digital computer. The major credit for the ENIAC however, is generally given to John Mauchly, a professor of electrical engineering at the University of Pennsylvania, and John Eckert, one of his graduate students. The major drawback of the ENIAC was that it had to be programmed manually by setting switches and plugging and unplugging cables.
The next major advance was the stored-program concept, which is attributed to the ENIAC designers but most especially to von Neumann. The first publication of the idea was in a 1945 proposal by von Neumann for a new computer, the EDVAC (Electronic Discrete Variable Computer). The EDVAC was never built, but in 1946, von Neumann and his colleagues began the design of a new stored-program computer, referred to as the IAS computer, at the Princeton Institute for Advanced Studies. The IAS computer, although not completed until 1952, is the prototype of all subsequent general-purpose computers. So the answer to your question is that von Neumann, with help from others, invented the concept of the store-program computer and then developed (you could say invented) the IAS computer.
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∙ 12y agoJohn Von Neumann is famous because he was a very versatile polymath. His work ranged from such different fields as nuclear physics, to quantum mechanics, computer science to economics, it was precisely his work on economics which probabely made him famous along with Oskar Morgenstern he created the game theory, his notion of economics being treated as game made a tremendous revolution, and created a proper language to be used on economics means. Before that, many equations were used to explain the economics behavior, Von Neumann proposed the language of the game theory treating economics through «desaguations».
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∙ 11y agoToo many things to tabulate here, he had a long career.
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Where did John Von Neumann live?
Where was John von Neumann born?
Father of modern computer?
John von Neumann
What awards did John von Neumann receive?
Enrico Fermi Award (1956)
What system used john von neumann architecture?
The machine was the EDVAC computer.
Example of Von neumann architecture?
Von neumann architecture advantage and disadvantage
When was John von Neumann born?
John von Neumann was born on December 28, 1903.
What is John von Neumann's birthday?
John von Neumann was born on December 28, 1903.
When was John von Neumann Award created?
John von Neumann Award was created in 1994.
Is John von Neumann Jewish?
John von Neumann was born Jewish but converted to Catholicism
When was John von Neumann Theory Prize created?
John von Neumann Theory Prize was created in 1975.
Where did John Von Neumann live?
Where was John von Neumann born?
When did John von Neumann die?
John von Neumann died on February 8, 1957 at the age of 53.
How old was John von Neumann at death?
John von Neumann died on February 8, 1957 at the age of 53.
What are the inventions of john von neumann?
computers, by the way he also got a degree
How old is John von Neumann?
John von Neumann was born on December 28, 1903 and died on February 8, 1957. John von Neumann would have been 53 years old at the time of death or 111 years old today.
Who was the last of the great mathematicians?
John Von Neumann
What did von Neumann and Mauchly and Eckert invent?
One of the first functional computers, called ENIAC.
