Von Neumann machine

The noun has one meaning:

Meaning #1: any digital computer incorporating the ideas of stored programs and serial counters that were proposed in 1946 by von Neumann and his colleagues

Von Neumann machine may refer to:.

• Von Neumann architecture, a conceptual model of a computer architecture
• Self-replicating machines, a class of machines that can replicate themselves
  • Universal Constructors, self-replicating cellular automata
  • Von Neumann probes, hypothetical space probes capable of self-replication
  • Nanorobots capable of self-replication

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