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= 1978 in computing
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The year 1978 is notable in computing for several significant developments: 1. **Development of SQL**: In 1970, Edgar F. Codd, an IBM researcher, introduced the relational database model, and by 1978, Structured Query Language (SQL) was developed based on this model. SQL became the standard language for managing and manipulating relational databases.