GEORGE (computer)
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GEORGE was an early computer built in 1957 by Argonne National Laboratory
, was based on the IAS
architecture developed by John von Neumann
. (The name "GEORGE" is apparently not an acronym.) As with almost all computers of its era, it was a one of a kind machine that could not exchange programs with mother computers (even other IAS machine
s).
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne National Laboratory is the first science and engineering research national laboratory in the United States, receiving this designation on July 1, 1946. It is the largest national laboratory by size and scope in the Midwest...
, was based on the IAS
IAS machine
The IAS machine was the first electronic computer built by the Institute for Advanced Study , in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. It is sometimes called the von Neuman machine, since the paper describing its design was edited by John von Neumann, a mathematics professor at both Princeton University...
architecture developed by John von Neumann
John von Neumann
John von Neumann was a Hungarian-American mathematician and polymath who made major contributions to a vast number of fields, including set theory, functional analysis, quantum mechanics, ergodic theory, geometry, fluid dynamics, economics and game theory, computer science, numerical analysis,...
. (The name "GEORGE" is apparently not an acronym.) As with almost all computers of its era, it was a one of a kind machine that could not exchange programs with mother computers (even other IAS machine
IAS machine
The IAS machine was the first electronic computer built by the Institute for Advanced Study , in Princeton, New Jersey, USA. It is sometimes called the von Neuman machine, since the paper describing its design was edited by John von Neumann, a mathematics professor at both Princeton University...
s).