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The year 1983 in science and technology involved many significant events, as listed below.

Contents 1 Biology 2 Computer science 3 Awards 4 Births 5 Deaths 6 Organisations

[edit] Biology

• June: First report of using a monoclonal antibody as a medical test. References: Greener, Mark (2005). MAbs Turn 30. The Scientist 19(3):14-16. Klotz S.A.; Drutz D.J.; Tam M.R.; and Reed K.H. Hemorrhagic proctitis due to lymphogranuloma venereum serogroup L2. Diagnosis by fluorescent monoclonal antibody. New England Journal of Medicine 308(26):1563-1565. PMID 6602293.

• May: First report of the virus that causes AIDS. References: Barre-Sinoussi F, Chermann JC, Rey F, Nugeyre MT, Chamaret S, Gruest J, Dauguet C, Axler-Blin C, Vezinet-Brun F, Rouzioux C, Rozenbaum W, Montagnier L. (1983) Isolation of a T-lymphotropic retrovirus from a patient at risk for acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Science, 220, 868-871, PMID 6189183.

• April: Kary Mullis discovers polymerase chain reaction (PCR).

[edit] Computer science

• January 1 (Saturday) - The ARPANET officially changes to use the Internet Protocol, creating the Internet.
• The US Federal Government standardizes Ada (programming language), a strongly-typed, comb-structured computer language, with exception handlers, for general-purpose programming.
• December - Yugoslav popular science magazine Galaksija releases a special (January 1984) issue, Računari u vašoj kući, with complete instructions on how to build a full-featured home computer Galaksija.
• September 27 - Richard Stallman announces the GNU Project.

[edit] Awards

• Nobel Prizes
  • Physics - Subrahmanyan Chandrasekhar, William Alfred Fowler
  • Chemistry - Henry Taube
  • Medicine - Barbara McClintock
• Turing Award - Ken Thompson, Dennis Ritchie

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[edit] Organisations

• Spain re-joins CERN after having left in 1969 (originally joined for the first time in 1961).