First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC

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    the University had only began on a new project EDVAC, which was a stored program computer. He assisted in the EDVAC project. In 1945, he created the report “First Draft of a Report” on the EDVAC. This consisted of what was to become the von Neumann stored program computer concept. The EDVAC that was designed by the University of Penn differed from his design. He discussed with the University people about the university people about the design of EDVAC and the wat memory and arithmetic materials are

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