internally stored program

internally stored program

[in′tərn·əl·ē ¦stȯrd ′prō·grəm]

(computer science)

A sequence of instructions, stored inside the computer in the same storage facilities as the computer data, as opposed to external storage on tape, disk, drum, or cards.

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