Editing 1982 in science (section)

==Computer science==
* January 7 – The [[Commodore 64]] [[8-bit]] [[home computer]] is launched by [[Commodore International]] (released in August); it becomes the all-time best-selling single personal computer model.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.pagetable.com/?p=547 |title=How many Commodore 64 computers were sold? |work=pagetable |access-date=2013-03-25 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306232450/http://www.pagetable.com/?p=547 |archive-date=2016-03-06 }}</ref>
* January 30 – First [[computer virus]], the [[Elk Cloner]], written by 15-year-old [[Rich Skrenta]], is found in the wild.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/sDefinition/0,,sid14_gci989616,00.html|title=Elk Cloner|work=SearchSecurity|access-date=2012-01-28|date=June 2004}}</ref> It infects [[Apple II]] computers via [[floppy disk]].
* July 9 – Sci-fi movie ''[[Tron]]'' is the first feature film to use [[computer animation]] extensively.