Excel meaning (what is it, concept and definition)

What is Excel:

Excel is an electronic spreadsheet computer program created by the Microsoft company.

The name Excel comes from the English word that refers to something or someone who "stands out from the crowd" or "is better than the others".

Excel, also known as Microsoft Excel, is part of the basic desktop tools package that Microsoft offers since its first version, which includes the following programs:

• Microsoft Word or Word: Word Processor, Microsoft Excel or Excel: Spreadsheet and Graph Creator, and Microsoft Powerpoint or Powerpoint: Presentation slide creation and design.

The most important function of Excel is the creation of spreadsheets that have the function of ordering and calculating, in an automated way by entering formulas, large amounts of numbers or items. Due to the above, Excel has also become a tool for database construction.

See also:

• SpreadsheetDatabase

New versions of Excel have included increasingly complex functions for professional and business use, such as charts and macros.

The Excel program has had several versions since its first release in 1985 for Apple computers. Since the first version, excel spreadsheets has been a tool that has helped to migrate, from a physical platform to an electronic one, the calculations and accounts of institutions, companies and people.