Von Neumann architecture

Modern · Computation · 1945

TL;DR

Von Neumann architecture - requires enrichment with adjacent possible narrative

Von Neumann architecture - requires enrichment

What Had To Exist First

Preceding Inventions

Electronic general purpose computer

What This Enabled

Inventions that became possible because of Von Neumann architecture:

Stored-program computer Central processing unit

Biological Patterns

Mechanisms that explain how this invention emerged and spread:

Niche Construction

Related Inventions

Central processing unit Stored-program computer Electronic general purpose computer

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Computing

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