Computer program, ca. 1945 Circa 1945

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Computer program, ca. 1945 Circa 1945

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Earliest extant program for a stored program digital computer. Also includes a copy of Donald E. Knuth's "Von Neumann's first computer program" Computing Surveys 2, 4 (1970), 247-259.

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Von Neumann, John, 1903-1957

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John (Johann) Louis von Neumann (1903-1957) was born in Budapest and showed early signs of being a child prodigy. He entered the University of Budapest in 1921, but also attended the University of Berlin and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology before obtaining a degree in chemical engineering in 1925. He earned his Doctorate in Mathematics from the University of Budapest in 1927. After graduation, he worked at the University of Berlin before becoming a visiting professor to Princeton from ...