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stored program
(redirected from Von Neumann architecture)

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Noun1.stored program - a program that is stored in the memory of the computer that executes it
computer program, computer programme, programme, program - (computer science) a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute; "the program required several hundred lines of code"


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This two-part design, with memory on one side and processing on the other, is called a von Neumann architecture and is the basic design of almost all computers built today.
With the von Neumann architecture, the processor-memory bottleneck ultimately creates a traffic jam that limits the speeds computers can attain even with the fastest microelectrics circuits.
 
 
 
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