Spreadsheet Document

A Spreadsheet Document is a human-readable machine-processable artefact that ...

• AKA: Spreadsheet.
• Context:
  • It can be created and manipulated by a Spreadsheet Program.
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• Example(s):
  • an Excel Spreadsheet.
  • an Google Sheets Spreadsheet.
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • Wordprocessor Document.
  • Text Document.
• See: Matrix, preadsheet-Focused AI Model.

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References

2009

• (Ronen et al., 1989) ⇒ Boaz Ronen, Michael A Palley, and Henry C. Lucas, Jr. (1989). “Spreadsheet Analysis and Design.” In: Communications of the ACM, 32(1). doi:10.1145/63238.63244.
  • A spreadsheet can be viewed as a large matrix in which columns are typically designated by letters and rows by numbers. The intersection of a row and column defines a cell: a cell can contain a number, label, or formula that relates it to other cells in the spreadsheet. The ability to relate cells with formulae is what provides spreadsheets with their tremendous power. If the sp:readsheet model is constructed with formulae, a change in one or two numbers is immediately reflected throughout the spreadsheet [9].

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