Stored-program computer

Stored-program computer is term similar to but not synonymous to with the term Von-Neumann Architecture, in a computer of this type programs are stored and executed in main memory -- often but not always after having being loaded in from some storage mechanism.

Although this term was often used in computing literature until the 1960s and 1970s it is now rare as it is assumed that all computers are of this type unless stated otherwise.