Von Neaumann and the Computer Essay - 1408 Words

Computer has been invented ages ago using the idea of abacus which for reason of calculation. Until today computer still developed to fulfill the will of new generation which want computer to have a simple function and faster in processing the information. It’s also important the style and size of the computer so that the costumer will satisfy with the appearance and size of the computer. Since World War 2 computer already develop its technology but the question asking from 1945. Von Neaumann is the responsible person which designed the Electronic Discrete Variable automatic computer (EDVAC) in the year 1945 which having a memory that can hold both a stored program as well as data. Computer can be stopped at any point and then resumed†¦show more content†¦But it is very costly so only two LARCs were ever installed. This development replaces machine language with assembly language, allowing abbreviated programming codes to replace long and difficult binary codes. Early 1960 they were used in business, university, and government. This computer was also solid state design and contained in transistors in place of vacuum tubes. They also contained all the components we associate with the modern day computer, printer, tape storage, disk storage, memory, operating systems and stored programs. As example IBM 1401 has been accepted universally by computer industry to be a model T. By 1965 most large business routinely processed financial information using thi s developed computer. It was a stored program and programming language that gave computer flexibility to finally cost effective and productive for business use. Concept used by stored program is instruction to run a computer for a specific function known as program were held inside the computer’s memory, and could quickly be replaced by a different set of instruction for a different function. A computer can print customer invoices and minutes later design product or calculate paychecks. COBOL (Common Business-Oriental Language) and FORTRAN (Formula Translator) is a more sophisticated high-level language and this language replaced cryptic binary machine code with words, sentence, and mathematical formulas