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Spreadsheet

A spreadsheet is a computer application for computation, organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form. Spreadsheets were developed as computerized analogs of paper accounting worksheets. The program operates on data entered in cells of a table. Each cell may contain either numeric or text data, or the results of formulas that automatically…

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Spreadsheet

Nodes214
Edges213
Triples205
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009346
Components1

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Spreadsheet

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related to Basics · 21
Spreadsheet → A1, A10, Additionally, Apple II, C10, DOS, For, Google, Google Drive, Google Sheets, In, LANPAR, Lotus, Macintosh, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft's MultiPlan Version, Remy Landau, Rene Pardo, This, VisiCalc
related to Other spreadsheets · 17
Spreadsheet → Apache OpenOffice Calc, Apple Inc, Calligra Sheets, Collabora Online Calc, Corel Quattro Pro, GNU, Gnumeric, KCalc, LibreOffice, Notable, Numbers, OnlyOffice Docs Spreadsheet, PlanMaker, Pyspread, SoftMaker Office, SpreadsheetsLibreOffice Calc, WordPerfect Office
related to End-user development · 16
Spreadsheet → Boolean, EUD, Extensions, Humans, Many, Modern, One, Sequential, Spreadsheets, SQL, The, There, They, This, Though, With
related to External links · 13
Spreadsheet → Archived, Autotab, Bob YelavichAutoplan, Concept, Creative KarmaSpreadsheets, FAQ, IBM, Its First Computerization, Jocelyn PaineSpreadsheet, Richard MattessichCICS, Russell SchulzExtending, Science, Wayback Machine
related to Multi-dimensional spreadsheets · 13
Spreadsheet → Calculations, Data, For, In, January's, Javelin, Javelin Software, Lotus Improv, Moreover, These, This, Unlike, Variables
related to Microsoft Excel for Apple Macintosh and Windows · 12
Spreadsheet → Apple Macintosh, By, Excel, IBM, Lotus, Macintosh, Microsoft, Microsoft's Windows, November, Office, September, Windows
related to Google Sheets, Online, Web-based spreadsheets · 11
Spreadsheet → Collabora Online, Collabora Online Calc, DocVerse, Google, Google Sheets, In, LibreOffice, Office, StarOffice, Technologies, XL2Web
related to VisiCalc for the Apple II · 11
Spreadsheet → Apple II, Bob Frankston, Dan Bricklin, LANPAR, PC World, Significantly, The, Unaware, VisiCalc, VisiCorp, WYSIWYG
related to Shortcomings · 10
Spreadsheet → ClusterSeven, CSV, Internal Audit, Microsoft Access, One, Only, Research, Their, UK, While
related to Cells · 8
Spreadsheet → A-Z, An, C2, Functionally, In, It, Its, Usually

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cells cell spreadsheets data formula value formulas used program computer one values references many also sheets application functions first ibm

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Spreadsheetis acomputer application for computation0.90text
a stock quote or a database value.The Spreadsheet Value RuleComputer scientist Alan Kay used the term value rule to summarize a spreadsheet's operationinstance ofor retrieve external data0.80text
relative positioninstance ofReferences between cells can take advantage of spatial concepts0.80text
absolute positioninstance ofReferences between cells can take advantage of spatial concepts0.80text
as well as named locationsinstance ofReferences between cells can take advantage of spatial concepts0.80text
to make the spreadsheet formulas easier to understandinstance ofReferences between cells can take advantage of spatial concepts0.80text
manage.Spreadsheets usually attempt to automatically update cells when the cells depend on changeinstance ofReferences between cells can take advantage of spatial concepts0.80text
Spreadsheetrelated to BasicsLANPAR0.60section
Spreadsheetrelated to BasicsRemy Landau0.60section
Spreadsheetrelated to BasicsRene Pardo0.60section
Spreadsheetrelated to BasicsVisiCalc0.60section
Spreadsheetrelated to BasicsApple II0.60section

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