0
Why modern digital computers are often referred to as stored program digital?
Wiki User
∙ 6y ago
Because they store the programs they are running in the same memory as they store the data that those programs are working on.
Aryanna Cummings
Wiki User
∙ 6y agoI haven't heard of that but with wording you used (stored "program" computers) I'm guessing they are two different names for the same thing. Program's are stored on computers, and are also digital. So, I'm not saying this is the correct answer but that's what I'm guessing.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------
The terminology "stored program computer" is somewhat antiquated, although it does correctly describe all modern electronic digital computers as they store their programs in the same memory that they store their data in and can work on both with equal ease and speed.
The terminology "stored program computer" was originally created during the design and construction of ENIAC during WW2 to differentiate computers they hoped to build after the war based on the idea of storing programs and data in a common memory from ENIAC and IBM style punchcard unit record electromechanical equipment that were programmed by rewiring them and setting switches. The nonstored program computers and equipment were difficult and slow to reprogram and the process was highly prone to error. It was common to use removable "plugboards" (but ENIAC did not use them) to allow correctly completed programs to be quickly reconnected to the machine when needed again.
Some computers that were not stored program (e.g. Burroughs E101, IBM 305 RAMAC which introduced the first hard disk drive) were still being introduced in the late 1950s, but after the early 1960s as all new electronic digital computers were stored program computers the terminology has gradually faded from common usage.
Wiki User
∙ 11y agoBecause they store the programs they are running in the same memory as they store the data that those programs are working on.
Add your answer:
Earn +20 pts
What are 10 examples of a digital computer?
Univac was a digital computer, as was the IBM 360 and other "Mainf Frame computers. All modern computers that you buy and use today (Apple, HP, Dell, etc.) are digital computers.If you own a PC, that's one.
Which invention allowed computer to be smaller?
Microchip
What is a modern computer?
all the newest computers you buy now are considered as "modern computer".
What are the foundation of modern day computers?
The MotherBoard and CPU.
How did Intel revolutionized computers?
Intel invented the 32 and 64 bit microprocessor which are in all modern computers
Why are modern digital computer often referred to as stored program digital computer?
Because they store the programs they are running in the same memory as they store the data that those programs are working on.
What did George stibitz invent?
A digital calculator which was the basis for modern computers.
Are all modern digital computers of the Von Neumann model?
i hope "yes"
Is a desktop computer a type of analog computer?
No, your desktop computer is a digital computer as are virtually all modern computers.
What was the Analytical Engine designed to do?
perform calculations according to a program, just like modern computers.
What was analytical engine designed to do?
perform calculations according to a program, just like modern computers.
What was the analytical-engine designed to do?
perform calculations according to a program, just like modern computers.
Memory capacity of analog computer?
Analog computers do not have memory like digital computers do, so this question has no answer as written.Analog computers have widely varying architectures, unlike modern digital computers which are all some variant of the stored program architecture first developed in the late 1940s.The most common analog computing architecture from the 1920s through early 1980s and implemented both mechanically and electronically was the Integrating Analog Computer. On such computers the capacity was specified by the number of Integrators. A small computer might have 8 integrators while a large one might have 50 integrators.
Are computers analog machines?
Some are, but most have been made obsolete by modern inexpensive high speed digital computers. The few that remain now are in specialized applications where speed and smooth transitionsare more important than very accurate results. Even in those places digital computers called DSPs (Digital Signal Processors) are rapidly encroaching.
Are computers becoming human?
No, modern computers are no more "human" than the computers of the late 1940s when they were first introduced, they are automatic algorithmic machines.Computers prior to the introduction of electronic digital computers in the 1940s were human, because they were humans (usually women as the work was considered largely clerical/secretarial and thus below that of the mathematicians who were usually men) whose job title was "computer", as they did computations.Humans tell computers what to do by programming them. No computer has ever figured out how to program itself.
Give 4 examples of technology?
Modern examples of technology would include: television, cell phone, mp3 players, digital books, and computers.
What is digital computer?
A computer that stores data in terms of digits (numbers) and proceeds in discrete steps from one state to the next. The states of a digital computer typically involve binary digits which may take the form of the presence or absence of magnetic markers in a storage medium (see memory), on-off switches or relays. In digital computers, even letters, words and whole texts are represented digitally. Unlike analog computers, digital computers can only approximate a continuum by assigning large numbers of digits to a state description and by proceeding in arbitrarily small steps.
