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The First Computer Program

Patented: History of Inventions

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Why Did Clara Von Neumann Write the Machine?

Von Neumann came up with a method called the Monte Carlo simulation. It was first used to model path of neutrons through fissile material. He wrote computer programs in machine code because that's how his brain works. His wife Clara had top secret clearance at Los Alamos and could do all the stuff.

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