electronic spreadsheet
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of electronic spreadsheet
First recorded in 1980
Example Sentences
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Applications like the electronic spreadsheet and the word processor turned the PC from a novelty into an indispensable business engine, helping to birth the modern software industry.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 24, 2026
For example, Software Arts, which invented the electronic spreadsheet, lost its market to Lotus because it failed to anticipate the impact of the IBM PC.
From Time Magazine Archive
No computer software is more popular than Lotus 1-2-3, the electronic spreadsheet program that has sold 5 million copies since 1984.
From Time Magazine Archive
"Mosaic is sort of the VisiCalc of the Internet," says Tim O'Reilly, referring to the original electronic spreadsheet program that kicked off the desktop-computer revolution.
From Time Magazine Archive
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