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Multiplan

Multiplan is a spreadsheet program developed by Microsoft and introduced in 1982 as a competitor to VisiCalc.

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Developer
Doug Klunder of Microsoft
Operating system
CP/M, Apple II, Microbee, Classic Mac OS, MS-DOS, Xenix, Commodore 64, CTOS, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, UNIX, Thomson
Release
August 1982; 44 years ago (1982-08)
Type
Spreadsheet
Written in
p-code C

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Multiplan

Nodes39
Edges38
Triples44
Avg. degree1.95
Density0.051282
Components1

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Multiplan

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related to Reception · 19
Multiplan → Ahoy, American Institute, BYTE, Certified Public Accountants, Commodore, Documentation, Heath/Zenith, Human Engineered Software, If, In, It, Macintosh, Macintosh's, Microsoft's Multiplan, Multiplan's, Sextant, SuperCalc's, There, While
related to Cell addressing differences · 14
Multiplan → A1, A1-style, A2, Although R1C1-style, B1, B2, Excel's, Microsoft, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft's, Multiplan's R1C1, R1C1, RC, VisiCalc
Developer · 1
Multiplan → Doug Klunder of Microsoft
Operating system · 1
Multiplan → CP/M, Apple II, Microbee, Classic Mac OS, MS-DOS, Xenix, Commodore 64, CTOS, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, UNIX, Thomson
Release · 1
Multiplan → August 1982; 44 years ago (1982-08)
Type · 1
Multiplan → Spreadsheet
Written in · 1
Multiplan → p-code C
is a · 1
Multiplan → spreadsheet program developed by Microsoft and introduced in 1982 as a competitor to VisiCalc.Multiplan was released first for computers running CP/M

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microsoft spreadsheet apple also version commodore xenix released lotus trs-80 computers cp ii release excel macintosh addressing 128 windows 64

Entity relationships Subject–Predicate–Object triples

SubjectPredicateObjectConfidenceSrc
MultiplanDeveloperDoug Klunder of Microsoft1.00infobox
MultiplanOperating systemCP/M, Apple II, Microbee, Classic Mac OS, MS-DOS, Xenix, Commodore 64, CTOS, TI-99/4A, TRS-80, UNIX, Thomson1.00infobox
MultiplanReleaseAugust 1982; 44 years ago (1982-08)1.00infobox
MultiplanTypeSpreadsheet1.00infobox
MultiplanWritten inp-code C1.00infobox
Multiplanis aspreadsheet program developed by Microsoft and introduced in 1982 as a competitor to VisiCalc.Multiplan was released first for computers running CP/M0.90text
MS-DOSinstance ofit was developed using a Microsoft proprietary p-code C compiler as part of a portability strategy that facilitated ports to systems0.80text
Xenixinstance ofit was developed using a Microsoft proprietary p-code C compiler as part of a portability strategy that facilitated ports to systems0.80text
Commodore 64instance ofit was developed using a Microsoft proprietary p-code C compiler as part of a portability strategy that facilitated ports to systems0.80text
128instance ofit was developed using a Microsoft proprietary p-code C compiler as part of a portability strategy that facilitated ports to systems0.80text
TI-99/4Ainstance ofit was developed using a Microsoft proprietary p-code C compiler as part of a portability strategy that facilitated ports to systems0.80text
Multiplanrelated to Cell addressing differencesMicrosoft's0.60section

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