Stored-program computer

A stored-program computer is a computer that stores program instructions in electronically, electromagnetically, or optically accessible memory.[1] This contrasts with systems that stored the program instructions with plugboards or similar mechanisms.

The definition is often extended with the requirement that the treatment of programs and data in memory be interchangeable or uniform.[2][3][4]

  1. ^ Allison, Joanne (1997), Stored-program Computers, archived from the original on 27 September 2011, retrieved 24 August 2011
  2. ^ William F. Gilreath; Phillip A. Laplante (2003). Computer Architecture: A Minimalist Perspective. Springer. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-4020-7416-5.
  3. ^ Edwin D. Reilly (2003). Milestones in computer science and information technology. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 245. ISBN 978-1-57356-521-9.
  4. ^ Murdocca, Miles J.; Vincent P. Heuring (2000). Principles of Computer Architecture. Prentice-Hall. p. 5. ISBN 0-201-43664-7.