> As the author mentions, the original moniker for Excel was VisiCalc VisiCalc wasn't actually a moniker for Excel. It was a predecessor. It was the first sp

> As the author mentions, the original moniker for Excel was VisiCalc VisiCalc wasn't actually a moniker for Excel. It was a predecessor. It was the first spreadsheet program, which was made by a different company, VisiCorp, and released in 1979. Excel was developed by Microsoft and released in 1985. Prior to Excel, Microsoft had released an earlier spreadsheet called Multiplan in 1982.