The first killer app: a history of spreadsheets

Abstract

Timelines provides perspectives on HCI history, glancing back at a road that sometimes took unexpected branches and turns. History is not a dry list of events; it is about points of view and differing interpretations.---Jonathan Grudin, Editor

References

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Index Terms

• Applied computing

  • Enterprise computing

    • Enterprise information systems

      • Enterprise applications

• Human-centered computing

  • Human computer interaction (HCI)

• Information systems

  • Information systems applications

    • Enterprise information systems

      • Enterprise applications

• Social and professional topics

  • Professional topics

    • Computing and business

      • Automation