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What year is associated with the von Neumann architecture (the stored-program computer)?

1945 → tub · railway.

A room-size computer, a railway round a tub — the stored-program design, pegs tub (19) and railway (45) for 1945.

John von Neumann's 1945 "First Draft of a Report on the EDVAC" described the stored-program design — code and data sharing one memory — still the blueprint of nearly every computer. Peg 19 · 45tub · railway: a railway running through a bath tub.

From Quiz: MAJOR / Computer Science Numbers | Updated: Jul 02, 2026