Lotus 1-2-3

E29574
business software software application spreadsheet software

Lotus 1-2-3 is a pioneering spreadsheet software program for personal computers that became a dominant business application in the 1980s.

Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

Observed surface forms (3)

Surface form Occurrences
Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2 1
Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3 1
Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows 1

Statements (53)

Predicate Object
instanceOf business software ⓘ
software application ⓘ
spreadsheet software ⓘ
acquisitionDateOfDeveloper 1995-06-05 ⓘ
coFounderOfDeveloper Mitchell Kapor ⓘ
surface form: Mitch Kapor
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
developer Lotus Development Corporation ⓘ
developerAcquiredBy IBM ⓘ
discontinuationDate 2013-01-31 ⓘ
discontinued true ⓘ
distributionModel boxed retail software ⓘ
fileExtension .wk1 ⓘ
.wk3 ⓘ
.wk4 ⓘ
genre spreadsheet ⓘ
influenced Lotus Symphony ⓘ
Excel ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Excel

Quattro Pro ⓘ
initialReleaseDate 1983-01-26 ⓘ
license proprietary software license ⓘ
notableFeature graphing capabilities ⓘ
integrated charting ⓘ
integrated database capabilities ⓘ
macro language support ⓘ
menu-driven user interface ⓘ
slash command interface ⓘ
what-if analysis ⓘ
notableFor being a killer application for the IBM PC ⓘ
dominating the spreadsheet market in the 1980s ⓘ
notableVersion Lotus 1-2-3 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2

Lotus 1-2-3 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3

Lotus 1-2-3 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows
operatingSystem MS-DOS ⓘ
Classic Mac OS ⓘ
surface form: Macintosh System Software

Windows ⓘ
surface form: Microsoft Windows

OS/2 ⓘ
MS-DOS ⓘ
surface form: PC DOS
originalAuthor Jonathan Sachs ⓘ
partOf Lotus SmartSuite ⓘ
platform IBM PC ⓘ
IBM PC compatible ⓘ
predecessor VisiCalc ⓘ
successor Lotus SmartSuite ⓘ
supportsFeature add-in modules ⓘ
cell formulas ⓘ
printing and page formatting ⓘ
relative and absolute cell references ⓘ
targetAudience accountants ⓘ
business users ⓘ
financial analysts ⓘ
userInterface graphical user interface (later versions) ⓘ
text-based interface ⓘ
writtenInLanguage x86 assembly language ⓘ

Referenced by (12)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Mitchell Kapor → coCreated → Lotus 1-2-3 ⓘ
Mitchell → coCreated → Lotus 1-2-3 ⓘ
subject surface form: Mitchell Kapor
LisaCalc → contemporaneousWith → Lotus 1-2-3 ⓘ
Lotus 1-2-3 → notableVersion → Lotus 1-2-3 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lotus 1-2-3 Release 2
Lotus 1-2-3 → notableVersion → Lotus 1-2-3 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lotus 1-2-3 Release 3
Lotus 1-2-3 → notableVersion → Lotus 1-2-3 self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Lotus 1-2-3 for Windows
Mitchell Kapor → notableWork → Lotus 1-2-3 ⓘ
Mitchell → notableWork → Lotus 1-2-3 ⓘ
subject surface form: Mitchell Kapor
Kapor → notableWork → Lotus 1-2-3 ⓘ
subject surface form: Mitchell Kapor
Kapor → productOrService → Lotus 1-2-3 ⓘ
subject surface form: Lotus Development Corporation