1977
ID: 1945
Foreign Corrupt Practices Act strengthens internal control requirements after corporate scandals
ID: 1945
1977
ID: 1946
Dr. Gordon Stewart: 'risk from vaccine far exceeds present risk from whooping-cough'
ID: 1946
1977
ID: 4430
Stephen Bourne creates Bourne shell (sh) at Bell Labs - standard Unix command language and scripting
ID: 4430
1977
ID: 4431
Aho, Weinberger, and Kernighan create AWK - pattern-scanning language for text processing on Unix
ID: 4431
1977
ID: 4497
RSA public-key cryptography algorithm developed by Rivest, Shamir, and Adleman
ID: 4497
1977
ID: 4339
June 1977
Apple II launched - first mass-produced color graphics personal computer, defines home computing
ID: 4339
1977
ID: 4340
August 1977
Tandy TRS-80 and Commodore PET launched - with Apple II, form '1977 Trinity' of personal computers
ID: 4340
1977
ID: 4341
October 1977
DEC introduces VAX-11/780 - 32-bit minicomputer extends PDP-11 architecture, dominates 1980s
ID: 4341