Editing 1976 in science (section)

==Computer science==
* January – The [[Cray-1]], the first commercially developed [[supercomputer]], is released by [[Seymour Cray]]'s [[Cray Research]]. Model 001 is installed at [[Los Alamos National Laboratory]] in the United States.
* March – [[Peter Chen]]'s key paper on the [[entity–relationship model]] is published, having first been presented at a conference in September 1975.<ref>{{cite journal|first=Peter Pin-Shan|last=Chen|title=The Entity–Relationship Model &ndash; Toward A Unified View of Data|journal=[[ACM Transactions on Database Systems]]|volume=1|issue=1|date=March 1976|doi=10.1145/320434.320440|pages=9–36|citeseerx=10.1.1.523.6679|s2cid=52801746 }}</ref>
* April 1 – [[Apple Computer]] Company is formed by [[Steve Jobs]] and [[Steve Wozniak]] in California and on April 11 they launch their first computer, the [[Apple I]], for the U.S. hobbyist market.
* November 26 – Little-known company [[Microsoft]] is officially registered with the Office of the [[Secretary of State of New Mexico]].
* December – Release of [[Electric Pencil]] (originated by Michael Shrayer), the first [[word processor]] for home computers.