"pivot table" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pivot tables [plural]
Etymology: Introduced by Microsoft in 1994 as "PivotTable" (though the concept was older); their trademark was active until 2020. Head templates: {{en-noun}} pivot table (plural pivot tables)
  1. (computing) A summary table used for automatic sorting, counting and averaging of the data in another table or spreadsheet. Wikipedia link: pivot table Categories (topical): Computing Translations (automatic summary table): draaitabel [feminine] (Dutch), pivot-taulukko (Finnish), yhteenvetotaulukko (Finnish), tableau croisé dynamique [masculine] (French), Pivot-Tabelle [feminine] (German), tabela przestawna [feminine] (Polish), сво́дная табли́ца (svódnaja tablíca) [feminine] (Russian)

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