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spreadsheet Computers.|ˈsprɛdʃiːt|
[f. spread ppl. a. + sheet n.1]
A program that allows any part of a rectangular array of positions or cells to be displayed on a VDU screen, with the contents of any cell able to be specified either independently or in terms of the contents of other cells.
1982Micro Software Mag. May-June 4/1 Software designers have used two distinct methods in their attempt to provide the perfect package for financial modelling on a microcomputer: dynamic on-screen spreadsheet calculations, and the more traditionally processed logic file. 1983Daily Tel. 13 Aug. 18 A good spreadsheet will let you put in all your figures, then just press one specified key and do all the calculations at once producing your completed accounts.
Add: Hence ˈspreadsheeting n., the provision or use of a spreadsheet program.
1983Philadelphia Inquirer 17 Apr. p9/2 Enough software for either word processing or electronic spreadsheeting. 1986W. Safire in N.Y. Times Mag. 1 June 14/5 Some of the knowledge for achievement—arithmetic, spreadsheeting, grammar—can be delegated to machines. |