spreadsheet
n. accounting program for a computer; chart with multiple columns used in such a program | ||||
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Spreadsheet Definition from Business & Finance Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Campbell R. Harvey's Hypertextual Finance Glossary |
Spreadsheet
A computer program that organizes numerical data into rows and columns on a terminal screen, for calculating and making adjustments based on new data.
A computer program that organizes numerical data into rows and columns on a terminal screen, for calculating and making adjustments based on new data.
| MONASH Marketing Dictionary |
Spreadsheet
an accountant's worksheet; electronic spreadsheets consist of a grid of rows of columns enabling specific marketing data to be organised in a standardised way. See Spreadsheet Analysis.
an accountant's worksheet; electronic spreadsheets consist of a grid of rows of columns enabling specific marketing data to be organised in a standardised way. See Spreadsheet Analysis.
Spreadsheet Definition from Computer & Internet Dictionaries & Glossaries
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spreadsheet
<application, tool> (Or rarely "worksheet") A type of application program which manipulates numerical and string data in rows and columns of cells. The value in a cell can be calculated from a formula which can involve other cells. A value is recalculated automatically whenever a value on which it depends changes. Different cells may be displayed with different formats.
Some spreadsheet support three-dimensional matrices and cyclic references which lead to iterative calculation.
An essential feature of a spreadsheet is the copy function (often using drag-and-drop). A rectangular area may be copied to another which is a multiple of its size. References between cells may be either absolute or relative in either their horizontal or vertical index. All copies of an absolute reference will refer to the same row, column or cell whereas a relative reference refers to a cell with a given offset from the current cell.
Many spreadsheets have a "What-if" feature. The user gives desired end conditions and assigns several input cells to be automatically varied. An area of the spreadsheet is assigned to show the result of various combinations of input values.
Spreadsheets usually incorporate a macro language, which enables third-party writing of worksheet applications for commercial purposes.
In the 1970s, a screen editor based calculation program called Visi-Calc was introduced. It was probably the first commercial spreadsheet program. Soon Lotus Development Corporation released the more sophisticated Lotus 1-2-3. Clones appeared, (for example VP-Planner from Paperback Software with CGA graphics, Quattro from Borland) but Lotus maintained its position with world-wide marketing and support - and lawyers! For example, Borland was forced to abandon its Lotus-like pop-up menu.
While still developing 1-2-3, Lotus introduced Symphony, which had simultaneously active windows for the spreadsheet, graphs and a word processor.
Microsoft produced MultiPlan for the Macintosh, which was followed by Excel for Macintosh, long before Microsoft Windows was developed.
When Microsoft Windows arrived Lotus was still producing the text-based 1-2-3 and Symphony. Meanwhile, Microsoft launched its Excel spreadsheet with interactive graphics, graphic charcters, mouse support and cut-and-paste to and from other Windows applications. To compete with Windows spreadsheets, Lotus launched its Allways add-on for 1-2-3 - a post-processor that produced Windows-quality graphic characters on screen and printer. The release of Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows was late, slow and buggy.
Today, Microsoft, Lotus, Borland and many other companies offer Windows-based spreadsheet programs.
The main end-users of spreadsheets are business and science.
Spreadsheets are an example of a non-algorithmic programming language.
[Dates?]
(1995-03-28)
<application, tool> (Or rarely "worksheet") A type of application program which manipulates numerical and string data in rows and columns of cells. The value in a cell can be calculated from a formula which can involve other cells. A value is recalculated automatically whenever a value on which it depends changes. Different cells may be displayed with different formats.
Some spreadsheet support three-dimensional matrices and cyclic references which lead to iterative calculation.
An essential feature of a spreadsheet is the copy function (often using drag-and-drop). A rectangular area may be copied to another which is a multiple of its size. References between cells may be either absolute or relative in either their horizontal or vertical index. All copies of an absolute reference will refer to the same row, column or cell whereas a relative reference refers to a cell with a given offset from the current cell.
Many spreadsheets have a "What-if" feature. The user gives desired end conditions and assigns several input cells to be automatically varied. An area of the spreadsheet is assigned to show the result of various combinations of input values.
Spreadsheets usually incorporate a macro language, which enables third-party writing of worksheet applications for commercial purposes.
In the 1970s, a screen editor based calculation program called Visi-Calc was introduced. It was probably the first commercial spreadsheet program. Soon Lotus Development Corporation released the more sophisticated Lotus 1-2-3. Clones appeared, (for example VP-Planner from Paperback Software with CGA graphics, Quattro from Borland) but Lotus maintained its position with world-wide marketing and support - and lawyers! For example, Borland was forced to abandon its Lotus-like pop-up menu.
While still developing 1-2-3, Lotus introduced Symphony, which had simultaneously active windows for the spreadsheet, graphs and a word processor.
Microsoft produced MultiPlan for the Macintosh, which was followed by Excel for Macintosh, long before Microsoft Windows was developed.
When Microsoft Windows arrived Lotus was still producing the text-based 1-2-3 and Symphony. Meanwhile, Microsoft launched its Excel spreadsheet with interactive graphics, graphic charcters, mouse support and cut-and-paste to and from other Windows applications. To compete with Windows spreadsheets, Lotus launched its Allways add-on for 1-2-3 - a post-processor that produced Windows-quality graphic characters on screen and printer. The release of Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows was late, slow and buggy.
Today, Microsoft, Lotus, Borland and many other companies offer Windows-based spreadsheet programs.
The main end-users of spreadsheets are business and science.
Spreadsheets are an example of a non-algorithmic programming language.
[Dates?]
(1995-03-28)
| A Glossary of Internet & PC Terminology |
Spreadsheet
An Application Program where the information is stored in a grid. The spreadsheet has Rows & Columns. A spreadsheet with 3 rows & 3 columns will have 9 "Cells" where data can be manipulated. Typically they are used for tracking expenses, budgeting etc. The content of a Cell can be based on that of other Cells & the spreadsheet program has a number of built in functions for manipulating Cells e.g. Sum, Average etc. Example Spread sheet programs include:-
Microsoft Excel
Lotus 123
An Application Program where the information is stored in a grid. The spreadsheet has Rows & Columns. A spreadsheet with 3 rows & 3 columns will have 9 "Cells" where data can be manipulated. Typically they are used for tracking expenses, budgeting etc. The content of a Cell can be based on that of other Cells & the spreadsheet program has a number of built in functions for manipulating Cells e.g. Sum, Average etc. Example Spread sheet programs include:-
| Multimedia Glossary |
spreadsheet
a form based on the traditional accounting worksheet that can be used to present and analyze numeric data
a form based on the traditional accounting worksheet that can be used to present and analyze numeric data
| Internet Glossary |
Spreadsheet
Spreadsheet Definition from Language, Idioms & Slang Dictionaries & Glossaries
| WordNet 2.0 |
spreadsheet
Noun
1. a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen
(hypernym) program, programme, computer program, computer programme
Noun
1. a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen
(hypernym) program, programme, computer program, computer programme
| hEnglish - advanced version |
spreadsheet
spreadsheet
n : a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen
spreadsheet
n : a screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen
Spreadsheet Definition from Science & Technology Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Technical English by wpv |
Spreadsheet
A number-related document whereby calculations and formulas are applied to the data organized in rows and columns of cells.
A number-related document whereby calculations and formulas are applied to the data organized in rows and columns of cells.
| Fishery Glossary |
Spreadsheet
A computer program that emulates a calculation done on a sheet of paper in tabular form, it also remembers the formulae to use. Chidley et al. (1993).
A computer program that emulates a calculation done on a sheet of paper in tabular form, it also remembers the formulae to use. Chidley et al. (1993).
Spreadsheet Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
| Wikipedia English - The Free Encyclopedia |
Spreadsheet
A spreadsheet is a rectangular table (or grid) of information, often financial information. The word came from "spread" in its sense of a newspaper or magazine item (text and/or graphics) that covers two facing pages, extending across the center fold and treating the two pages as one large one. The compound word "spread-sheet" came to mean the format used to present bookkeeping ledgers—with columns for categories of expenditures across the top, invoices listed down the left margin, and the amount of each payment in the cell where its row and column intersect—which were traditionally a "spread" across facing pages of a bound ledger (book for keeping accounting records) or on oversized sheets of paper ruled into rows and columns in that format and approximately twice as wide as ordinary paper.
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