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Within Vinony's link graph, Lotus 1-2-3 is referenced by 284 other articles, and connects out to HP 200LX, Microsoft Excel and spreadsheet.
It sits within the topics 1983 software, Discontinued software and DOS software.
Its subject is documented across 34 Wikipedia language editions.
Key facts
- Developer
- Lotus Development Corporation
- Initial release
- 26 January 1983 ; 43 years ago ( 1983-01-26 )
- Final release
- 9.8.2 / 2002 ; 24 years ago ( 2002 )
- Written in
- x86 assembly language , C
- Operating system
- DOS , Windows , OS/2 , classic Mac OS , MVS , VM/CMS , OpenVMS , PC-98 , Unix , Linux
- Type
- Spreadsheet
- License
- Proprietary
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- software
- Developer
- IBM
- Official website
- www.ibm.com/software/lotus/products/123
- Image
- Lotus-123-3.0-MSDOS.png
- Has use
- spreadsheet
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- programmed in
- assembly language
- publication date
- 1983-01-26
- copyright license
- proprietary license
- inception
- 1983-01-26
- operating system
- MS-DOS
- Commons category
- Lotus 1-2-3
- title
- Lotus 1-2-3
Sources (5)
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Encyclopedic overview
Lotus 1-2-3 is a discontinued spreadsheet program from Lotus Development Corporation (later part of IBM). It was the first killer application of the IBM PC, was hugely popular in the 1980s, and significantly contributed to the success of IBM PC-compatibles in the business market.
The first spreadsheet, VisiCalc, had helped launch the Apple II as one of the earliest personal computers in business use. With IBM's entry into the market, VisiCalc was slow to respond, and when they did, they launched what was essentially a straight port of their existing system despite the greatly expanded hardware capabilities. Lotus's solution was marketed as a three-in-one integrated solution: it handled spreadsheet calculations, database functionality, and graphical charts, hence the name "1-2-3", though how much database capability the product actually had was debatable, given the sparse memory left over after launching 1–2–3. It quickly overtook VisiCalc, as well as Multiplan and SuperCalc, the two VisiCalc competitors.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Lotus 1-2-3” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.