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Computing | Lotus 1-2-3 |
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(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Lotus 1-2-3 is a spreadsheet program from Lotus Software (now part of IBM). Once hugely popular, it did much to contribute to the success of the IBM PC in the corporate environment.
1-2-3 was released on January 26, 1983, and a for a number years it was the leading spreadsheet for the DOS operating system, but the rise of Microsoft Windows in the personal computer market was accompanied by the rise in Microsoft's competing spreadsheet, Excel, and it gradually usurped the position of 1-2-3.
Lotus 1-2-3 could be programmed using macros and came with a separate program to produce graphs and charts, but this could not then be run at the same time as the spreadsheet. It had keyboard-driven pop-up menus as well as one-key commands, making it fast to operate. Lotus 1-2-3 supported EGA and later VGA graphics. Early versions used the filename extension "WK1".
Lotus 1-2-3 has been the subject of several user interface copyright court cases in the US. Most notably the program Quattro Pro from Borland used the same keyboard commands, prompting Lotus to claim infringement of its copyright on the "look and feel" of its interface.
1-2-3's intended successor, Lotus Symphony, had simultaneous update of spreadsheet, graph and word processor windows, but was short-lived. 1-2-3 migrated to the Windows platform, where it remains available as part of Lotus SmartSuite.
See also
- VisiCalc
- MultiPlan
External link
- Lotus website
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Lotus 1-2-3."
Crosswords: LOTUS 1-2-3 |
| Specialty definitions using "LOTUS 1-2-3": 1-2-3 ♦ killer app ♦ Lotus Development Corporation ♦ wk1. (references) |
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| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Melilotus, Nelumbo nucifera, Ziziphus lotus, Zizyphus lotus. (various references) |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "1-2-3-l-o-s-t-u" | |
-3 letters: lotus, louts, tolus. | |
-4 letters: lost, lots, lout, lust, oust, outs, slot, soul, tolu. | |
-5 letters: lot, out, sol, sot, sou, uts. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4C 4F 54 55 53 31 2D 32 2D 33 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001100 01001111 01010100 01010101 01010011 00100000 00110001 00101101 00110010 00101101 00110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)L O T U S   1 - 2 - 3 |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004C 004F 0054 0055 0053 0031 002D 0032 002D 0033 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)464954555321915201521 |
| 1. Crosswords 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Translations: Ancient 4. Anagrams | 5. Orthography 6. Bibliography |
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