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excel English Microsoft + Etymology From en excel. The name was selected in 1984 by Microsoft after being submitted by a branch managerRoy A. Allan 2001 Application Programs A History of the Personal Computer: The People and the Technology London, Ont. Allan Publishing part 3 (1980's - The IBM/Macintosh era), chapter 12 (Microsoft in the 1980's) 12/24 https://archive.org/details/historyofpersona0000alla/page/n249/mode/1up 0-9689108-0-7 During 1984, Microsoft considered a number of different names for the advanced Odyssey spreadsheet project. Then Microsoft selected the name Excel that a branch manager had submitted. and is thought to convey superiority over other spreadsheet programs, especially then dominant Lotus 1-2-3.en HansV 27 July 2011 what is Excel stand for Microsoft Q&A https://web.archive.org/web/20251005113301/https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/4783390/what-is-excel-stand-for In the early 1980's, Lotus 1-2-3 became the leading spreadsheet program. Microsoft's spreadsheet program Multiplan lagged behind it in popularity. So they set up a team to develop a new spreadsheet that could do everything that Lotus 1-2-3 did, but better. "Excel" refers to that.en Bala_Excel_Insights 18 July 2024 Fun Facts You Didn’t Know About Excel Medium https://web.archive.org/web/20251005113314/https://medium.com/@kbala7092/fun-facts-you-didnt-know-about-excel-8e39f40b39b8 The name “Excel” was chosen to convey a sense of “excellence” and superiority over other spreadsheet programs. Pronunciation en /ɪkˈsɛl/ /ɛkˈsɛl/ en en-ca-excel.ogg CA en ɛl 2 Proper noun en computing software Microsoft Excel, a spreadsheet application software program written and distributed by Microsoft. en 2013 w:Iris Smyles Iris Has Free Time Berkeley, CA Counterpoint (publisher) Counterpoint 9781593765194 M2yDAgAAQBAJ 9 Excel “Do you know Excel?” ¶ “No.” ¶ “Could you learn?” ¶ “Probably not. I find it very difficult to learn things I don't already know.” Then, remembering the advice that I try to sell myself, I added, “But I'm sure I'd pick it up eventually.” Translations Microsoft spreadsheet software Hebrew: he אקסל eksél References en Microsoft Chinese Etymology From yue en Excel. Pronunciation ik1 seu2 pn Proper noun zh proper noun zh HKC software en Excel Microsoft program en Excel spreadsheet document c:張 c:份 German Etymology de en Excel with an assumed pronunciation, i.e. a spelling pronunciation based on what might be expected in English. Pronunciation de /ˈɛk.səl/ usual de /ɪkˈsɛl/ /ɛkˈsɛl/ extremely rare and unlikely to be understood de De-Excel.ogg <<Germany>> (<<Berlin>>) Proper noun n de software Excel Microsoft program Hungarian hu: Pronunciation ekszel hu Ex cel hu ɛl 2 Proper noun hu proper noun hu computing en Excel a Microsoft spreadsheet program Declension Excele e -Excel ei Derived terms hu exceles Spanish Etymology es :bor en:Excel + 1 Pronunciation éxcel Proper noun m es software en Excel Microsoft program Swedish Etymology From sv en Excel. Pronunciation sv /ɛkˈsɛlː/ Proper noun n sv software en Excel Microsoft program