03. OCR GCSE (J277) 1.1 Von Neumann architecture


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OCR J277 Specification Reference - Section 1.1

This video explores the first computers that had stored programs in the same memory space as the data required for them. This is known as the von Neumann architecture and is still the foundation principle on which most computers are still built today.

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00:00 Von Neumann architecture
00:14 Intro
00:19 Fixed and stored program computers
01:02 Von Neumann architecture
04:31 Recap
05:31 Going beyond the GCSE specification
05:53 Von Neumann architecture continued
13:34 Outro

Last updated: 21.01.26