Why Excel is called spreadsheet?

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The word "spreadsheet" came from "spread" in its sense of a newspaper or magazine item (text or graphics) that covers two facing pages, extending across the centerfold and treating the two pages as one large page.

Is it called Excel or spreadsheet?

The Microsoft Office spreadsheet is called Excel but there are open office spreadsheets available, including internet based web apps such as Google spreadsheets.

What is the spreadsheet Excel called?

Workbook. Also called a spreadsheet, the workbook is a unique file created by Excel XP.

What do you mean by spreadsheet?

spreadsheet, computer program that represents information in a two-dimensional grid of data, along with formulas that relate the data. Historically, a spreadsheet is an accounting ledger page that shows various quantitative information useful for managing a business.

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