Turing machines in a V. Neumann architecture

Turing machines are considered the base for today`s computers. And today`s computers are based in a Von Neumann architecture for it`s physical components, so as they are based in Turing Machines in the theory. Both structures or achitectures have a lot in common, ranging from basic concepts to even the overall work they do and are able to do. And while modern, actual computers have way more variables than the Turing machines in theory need (needing, in computer-like language, only CPU & RAM), they rely on the same basic ideas. Today we are showing the similarities that Turing machines and Von Neumann architecture have in common.


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Turing machines and Von Neumann architectures have many similarities. Both, for example, have 2 main logical components: the memory/tape, and the CPU/ Read\Write head.

Both also, work based in a set of instructions previously set to the machine, which follows these commands for completing the task.

The "language" they use, binary, is also shared between the two.