1. spreadsheet - Noun
2. spreadsheet - Verb
(computing) A computer application for organization, analysis, and storage of data in tabular form.
A document created with such an application.
Synonym: worksheet
(dated) A sheet of paper, marked with a grid, in which financial data is recorded and totals calculated manually.
spreadsheet (third-person singular simple present spreadsheets, present participle spreadsheeting, simple past and past participle spreadsheeted)
(transitive) To model or compute by means of a spreadsheet.
Data is raw. It simply exists and has no significance beyond its existence (in and of itself). It can exist in any form, usable or not. It does not have meaning of itself. In computer parlance, a spreadsheet generally starts out by holding data. Russell L. Ackoff
If I had a spreadsheet on my computer, it looked like I was busy. Nate Silver
I have a color-coded computer spreadsheet that divides things down to chapter fragments. Each character's point-of-view is a different color. The text of the manuscript is color-coded the same way. The last thing I do before submitting the manuscript is turn all those colors back to black. Neal Shusterman
There's something that happens with the collection of a large amount of data when it's dumped into an Excel spreadsheet or put into a pie chart. You run the risk of completely missing what it's about. Aaron Koblin
In many professions, what used to matter most were abilities associated with the left side of the brain: linear, sequential, spreadsheet kind of faculties. Those still matter, but they're not enough. Daniel H. Pink
Put your goals on paper, or an Excel spreadsheet. Measure every day, 'Did I do my best to...?' Your problems won't disappear, but you will exist in a different relation to them, and you will improve. Marshall Goldsmith