Q. The person contributing the idea of the stored program was
✅ Correct Answer: (A)
John von Neumann
Explanation:
John von Neumann proposed the concept of the stored-program architecture, where program instructions and data are stored in the same memory.
- This concept is the foundation of most modern computers and is known as the von Neumann architecture.
Other options:
- (B) Charles Babbage – Known as the "Father of the Computer" but did not propose the stored-program idea.
- (C) Howard Aiken – Designed the Harvard Mark I, but it was not a stored-program computer.
- (D) Basic Pascal – Not a person; seems to confuse the BASIC and Pascal programming languages.
So, the correct answer is John von Neumann.
Explanation by: Mr. Dubey
John von Neumann proposed the concept of the stored-program architecture, where program instructions and data are stored in the same memory.
- This concept is the foundation of most modern computers and is known as the von Neumann architecture.
Other options:
- (B) Charles Babbage – Known as the "Father of the Computer" but did not propose the stored-program idea.
- (C) Howard Aiken – Designed the Harvard Mark I, but it was not a stored-program computer.
- (D) Basic Pascal – Not a person; seems to confuse the BASIC and Pascal programming languages.
So, the correct answer is John von Neumann.