A LEVEL COMPUTING
Von Neumann
Theory
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7. Problems with Von Neumann (2)
The illustration below shows the Von Neumann or stored program architecture.
Problem 2
Both data and programs share the same memory space.
This is a problem because it is quite easy for a poorly written or faulty piece of code to write data into an area holding other instructions, so trashing that program.
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