ARTIFICIAL UNINTELLIGENCE

The first spreadsheet was invented to replace feelings with columns.

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The first electronic spreadsheet was VisiCalc, released in 1979 for the Apple II, to automate calculations. Paper spreadsheets are older and were used for accounting.

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