Editing 1962 in science (section)

==Computer science==
* May – [[J. C. R. Licklider]] of [[BBN Technologies|BBN]] co-presents a paper on "[http://delivery.acm.org/10.1145/1470000/1460847/p113-licklider.pdf?ip=163.1.79.5&id=1460847&acc=ACTIVE%20SERVICE&key=C2716FEBFA981EF1FFE496A39B822B3BD58A7F987B06222E&CFID=409994289&CFTOKEN=90361706&__acm__=1392301732_4da5b392c238b1e80c25078e83d802db On-Line Man-Computer Communication]".
* August – [[J. C. R. Licklider]] begins to refer to the [[Intergalactic Computer Network]], effectively conceptualizing what will become the [[Internet]].
* September 19 – The first [[ICT 1301]] business mainframe sold, "Flossie", is installed at [[Senate House (University of London)]]. It will still be operable 50 years later.<ref>{{cite web|title=The ICT 1301 Resurrection Project|url=http://ict1301.co.uk/1301ccsx.htm|accessdate=2012-09-29}}</ref>
* October – [[J. C. R. Licklider]] becomes the first head of the computer research program at the [[United States Department of Defense]]'s [[DARPA|ARPA]], which he names the Information Processing Techniques Office (IPTO).
* November 3 – The earliest recorded use of the term "[[personal computer]]" features in ''[[The New York Times]]'' in a story about [[John Mauchly]]'s speech the day before to the [[American Institute of Industrial Engineers]]. Mauchly, "inventor of some of the original room-size computers", says that "in a decade or so" everyone would have their own computer with "exchangeable wafer-thin data storage files to provide inexhaustible memories and answer most problems". He is quoted as saying, "There is no reason to suppose the average boy or girl cannot be master of a personal computer."<ref>{{cite news|title=Pocket Computer May Replace Shopping List|work=The New York Times|date=1962-11-03}}</ref>
* December 7 – The [[Atlas (computer)|Atlas]] supercomputer, the most powerful in the world at this date, is dedicated at the [[University of Manchester]] in England. It is the first system designed for [[multiprogramming]], and will be in use for the next decade.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=Atlas|title=Milestones in Computer Science and Information Technology|first=Edwin D.|last=Reilly|publisher=Greenwood Publishing|year=2003|page=20}}</ref>
* December 28 – Mauchly is again reported as saying he "envisions a time when everyone will carry his own personal computer".<ref>{{cite news|date=1962-12-28|title=Computers for All|work=Hillsboro (Ohio) Press-Gazette|url=http://www.firstmention.com/pc/|accessdate=2012-01-10|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131213095753/http://www.firstmention.com/pc/|archive-date=2013-12-13|url-status=usurped}}</ref>
* At [[MIT]], [[Ivan Sutherland]] uses the [[TX-2]] computer to write Sketchpad, the origin of graphical programs used for [[computer-aided design]].
* [[Roger Tomlinson]] leads development of the [[Canada Geographic Information System]], the world's first [[geographic information system]] (GIS).
* [[Simula|Simula I]], the [[Object-oriented programming#History|first object-oriented programming language]], developed at the [[Norwegian Computing Center]] in [[Oslo]] by [[Ole-Johan Dahl]] and [[Kristen Nygaard]], is released.<ref>Kristen Nygaard and Ole-Johan Dahl. 1978. The development of the SIMULA languages. History of programming languages. Association for Computing Machinery, New York, NY, USA, 439–480. DOI:https://doi.org/10.1145/800025.1198392</ref>