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

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats