10 Questions
What were Data Tables more commonly known as today?
Spreadsheets
When was the first digital spreadsheet, VisiCalc, released?
1979
What was the occupation of Merrer, who used papyrus spreadsheets?
Egyptian Old Kingdom official
What did VisiCalc eliminate the need for?
All of the above
What did Data Tables help humans to do?
Sort and label data
What was the primary purpose of inventing Data Tables/spreadsheets?
To organize arrays of information that are difficult for human memory to recall
What was the primary advantage of VisiCalc, the first digital spreadsheet?
Eliminated the need to physically write data, calculate values, and store paper spreadsheets
What was the historical origin of spreadsheet practices like Data Tables?
Papyrus spreadsheets in the diary of Merrer, an Egyptian Old Kingdom official
What technological advancement made the use of paper for cataloguing data obsolete?
Release of VisiCalc, the first digital spreadsheet
What did the author imply about the evolution of data management tools like Excel?
They have significantly reduced manual data processing and storage efforts
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