The Von Neumann Architecture

Brendan Massey
6 min readJun 25, 2021

The Von Neumann Architecture, originally theorizes by John Von Neumann, has five main components: input, memory, processing unit, control unit, and output.

Input:

The input, as it pertains to the Von Neumann Architecture, is simple. Input is defined as anything the provides input to the computer; for example, information from a keyboard, mouse, flash drive all count as input.

Memory:

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Brendan Massey

I write about programming and computer science as well as review Coursera courses I have taken related to the aforementioned topics.