Cosma / Communication / Media / Authoring / Software / Application / Spreadsheet
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Introduction1
Dictionary
spreadsheet : an accounting program for a computer ; also : the ledger layout modeled by such a program — Webster See also OneLook
Spreadsheet (FOLDOC: Free Online Dictionary of Computing)
Encyclopedia
Spreadsheet is an interactive computer application for organization, analysis and storage of data in tabular form. Spreadsheets are developed as computerized simulations 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 calculate and display a value based on the contents of other cells. A spreadsheet may also refer to one such electronic document. Spreadsheet users can adjust any stored value and observe the effects on calculated values. This makes the spreadsheet useful for “what-if” analysis since many cases can be rapidly investigated without manual recalculation. Modern spreadsheet software can have multiple interacting sheets, and can display data either as text and numerals, or in graphical form.
Besides performing basic arithmetic and mathematical functions, modern spreadsheets provide built-in functions for common financial and statistical operations. Such calculations as net present value or standard deviation can be applied to tabular data with a pre-programmed function in a formula. Spreadsheet programs also provide conditional expressions, functions to convert between text and numbers, and functions that operate on strings of text. — Wikipedia
Spreadsheet (Encyclopædia Britannica)
Product
Microsoft Excel Live (Microsoft Office Live)
Calc (Apache Open Office)
Google Sheets
Comparison of spreadsheet software (Wikipedia)
List of Spreadsheet Applications (Wikipedia)
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Preservation
History
Dan Bricklin (Official Site), Dan Bricklin (Wikipedia)
Bob Frankston (Official Site, Bob Frankston (Wikipedia)
VisiCalc: Information from its creators, Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston (Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston)
VisiCalc Executable for the IBM PC: The historic 1981 spreadsheet software still runs (Dan Bricklin)
Visicalc (Wikipedia)
Lotus 1-2-3 (Wikipedia)
A Spreadsheet Way of Knowledge (Steven Levy, Wired)
Library
WorldCat, Library of Congress, UPenn Online Books, Open Library
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Participation
Education
MERLOT: Multimedia Educational Resource for Learning and Online Teaching
OER Commons: Open Educational Resources
Community
News
Book
Government
Document
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Expression
Fun
Future
The next generation of spreadsheets will be a database (Howie Liu, InfoWorld)
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