The idea of a stored-program computer had been already present in the design of J. Presper Eckert and John William Mauchly's ENIAC, but was initially omitted so that it could be finished sooner.
A idea de almacenar os programas informáticos xa estaba presente nos deseños de J. Presper Eckert e John William Mauchly no ENIAC, pero fora descartada para poder finalizar a máquina máis rapidamente.