Associations to the word «Spreadsheet»

Wiktionary

SPREADSHEET, noun. (dated) A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually.
SPREADSHEET, noun. (computing) A computer simulation of such a system of recording tabular data, with totals and other formulas calculated automatically.

Dictionary definition

SPREADSHEET, noun. A screen-oriented interactive program enabling a user to lay out financial data on the screen.

Wise words

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.
Noam Chomsky