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-A screen-oriented interactive program enabling
a user
to lay out financial data on
the screen
.
+A SpreadSheet is a
screen-oriented interactive application built around
a grid in Cartesian 2 space or 3 space. Each cell in the grid contains can be empty, contain a value or contain a formula to calculate a value, usually using references
to the surrounding cells. They were developed for finance but are also often used for statistics
.
-Data
is sorted in a table, with the cells marked A-B-C across the top, and 1-2-3 down the side
+Generally data
is sorted in a table, with the cells marked A-B-C across the top, and 1-2-3 down the side.
-Is able to manipulate
the data
by using formulas
, eg. "=A2+b4"
-
-See
[Gnumeric]
+!VisiCalc was
the first commercial spreadsheet, followed
by Lotus 123
, Microsoft [Excel], etc, leading to
[Gnumeric].
