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What is a SpreadSheet?

A SpreadSheet is a computer application that mimics a paper spreadsheet used in several fields such as accounting, financial industry, managerial, etc. A computer spreadsheet program works by having a variable set of rows and columns and is able to do mathematical functions on each cell in the spreadsheet and thus instantly display a change in the results.

Here is what the paper one looks like:



and here is what a computer application spreadsheet looks like:

Who Invented the Computer SpreadSheet Program?

Dan Bricklin and Bob Frankston co-created VisiCalc, the very first Computer SpreadSheet Program, in 1979.




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