Chapter 1 The History and Future of Computers 1. 1 The Invention of the Computer 1.1.1 The Eniac While working on the ENIAC, Eckert and Mauchly were joined by a brilliant mathematician, John von Neuman. Together, they developed the idea of a stored program computer. This machine, called the electronic Discrete variable Automatic Computer, or EdVaC, was the first machine whose design included all the characteristics of a computer. It was not completed, however, until 1951 在 ENIAC的研制中,一个天才的数学家 Von Neuman(冯诺伊曼加入 到 Eckert和 Mauchly团队他们一起提出了储存程序计算机的主意。这部 机器被称做电子离散变量自动计算机,或简称 EDVAC,是第一部包括了计 算机所有特征的机器。然而,直到1951年,它一直没有完成。 《什第机专出美语 9Chapter 1 The History and Future of Computers 计算机专业英语 1-9 1.1.1 The ENIAC While working on the ENIAC, Eckert and Mauchly were joined by a brilliant mathematician, John von Neuman. Together, they developed the idea of a stored program computer. This machine, called the Electronic Discrete Variable Automatic Computer, or EDVAC, was the first machine whose design included all the characteristics of a computer. It was not completed, however, until 1951. 在ENIAC的研制中，一个天才的数学家Von Neuman(冯.诺伊曼)加入 到 Eckert和Mauchly团队,他们一起提出了储存程序计算机的主意。这部 机器被称做电子离散变量自动计算机, 或简称EDVAC,是第一部包括了计 算机所有特征的机器。然而,直到1951年，它一直没有完成。 1.1 The Invention of the Computer