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Excel is a spreadsheet developed by Microsoft for Windows, Mac OS X, Android
and iOS. It features calculation, graphing tools, pivot tables, and a macro
programming language called Visual Basic for Applications. It has been a very
widely applied spreadsheet for these platforms, especially since version 5 in
1993, and it has replaced Lotus 1-2-3 as the industry standard for
spreadsheets. Excel forms part of Microsoft Office.
Microsoft Excel has the
basic features of all spreadsheets, using a grid of cells arranged in numbered
rows and letter-named columns to organize data manipulations like arithmetic
operations. It has a battery of supplied functions to answer statistical,
engineering and financial needs. In addition, it can display data as line
graphs, histograms and charts, and with a very limited three-dimensional
graphical display. It allows sectioning of data to view its dependencies on
various factors for different perspectives (using pivot tables and the scenario
manager). It has a programming aspect, Visual Basic for Applications, allowing
the user to employ a wide variety of numerical methods, for example, for
solving differential equations of mathematical physics, and then reporting the
results back to the spreadsheet. It also has a variety of interactive features
allowing user interfaces that can completely hide the spreadsheet from the
user, so the spreadsheet presents itself as a so-called application, or
decision support system (DSS), via a custom-designed user interface, for
example, a stock analyzer, or in general, as a design tool that asks the user
questions and provides answers and reports. In a more elaborate realization, an
Excel application can automatically poll external databases and measuring
instruments using an update schedule, analyze the results, make a Word report
or PowerPoint slide show, and e-mail these presentations on a regular basis to
a list of participants.
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