a program that is stored in the memory of the computer that executes it
Von Neumann
The concept of stored program was presented by Dr.John Von Neumann.
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John von Neumann
Von Neumann was the first person to suggest to concept of the stored program. This concept states that there is no difference between computer instructions and data. More importantly, he suggested that it was not necessary to have separate storage location for a computer program and data -- hence today, computer instructions are stored in primary memory for execution, along with other data.
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Data and program instructions are stored in primary/electronic memory. Explain the concept of electronic memory ''the concept of electronic memory''
Stored-program concept: Storage of instructions in computer memory to enable it to perform a variety of tasks in sequence or intermittently. The idea was introduced in the late 1940s by John von Neumann, who proposed that a program be electronically stored in binary-number format in a memory device so that instructions could be modified by the computer as determined by intermediate computational results. Other engineers, notably John W. Mauchly and J. Presper Eckert, contributed to this idea, which enabled digital computers to become much more flexible and powerful. Nevertheless, engineers in England built the first stored-program computer, the Manchester Mark I, shortly before the Americans built EDVAC, both operational in 1949.
The role of memory to store both data and programs is known as the stored program concept. Memory stores three types of items.
the master program of OS is stored in ROM.