What does that mean in relation to excel??

To the best of my knowledge... Absolutely Nothing.
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HTH...

Jim Thomlinson


"Oski" wrote:

What does that mean in relation to excel??

I think Don Guillett should answer this one.
Don ???
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San Francisco, USA
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"Oski"
wrote in message
What does that mean in relation to excel??

Not excel specific, but I've heard lots of teachers/trainers use widgets in
their examples.

A team can make x number of widgets per hour and they work 18 hours. How many
widgets did they make?

It's not important to the instructor what the object actually is. It's just a
placeholder to help learn math (or excel or whatever).

Any chance that's where you've heard it?

Oski wrote:

What does that mean in relation to excel??

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Dave Peterson

Hi Dave ~
Actually it came from the Excel Help menu and if I look closely it could
very well relate to how you descibed it. I was looking for assistance on
fomulas and this is an example:
....
=OR(A5<"Sprockets",A6 = "Widgets") Is A5 not equal to "Sprockets" or A6
equal to "Widgets"? (TRUE)

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Not excel specific, but I've heard lots of teachers/trainers use widgets in
their examples.

A team can make x number of widgets per hour and they work 18 hours. How many
widgets did they make?

It's not important to the instructor what the object actually is. It's just a
placeholder to help learn math (or excel or whatever).

Any chance that's where you've heard it?

Oski wrote:

What does that mean in relation to excel??

--

Dave Peterson

Neither sprocket nor widget are Excel-specific terms; they are general
placeholders for a concept--a thing--when discussiing, for example, inventory
accounting ("What is the dollar value of the sprockets comapny X has in
inventory?" "What is the difference in dollar value of the sprockets in
inventory under LIFO and FIFO accounting?" etc.)

Think of them like variables in algebra.

Dave
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A hint to posters: Specific, detailed questions are more likely to be
answered than questions that provide no detail about your problem.


"Oski" wrote:

Hi Dave ~
Actually it came from the Excel Help menu and if I look closely it could
very well relate to how you descibed it. I was looking for assistance on
fomulas and this is an example:
...
=OR(A5<"Sprockets",A6 = "Widgets") Is A5 not equal to "Sprockets" or A6
equal to "Widgets"? (TRUE)

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Not excel specific, but I've heard lots of teachers/trainers use widgets in
their examples.

A team can make x number of widgets per hour and they work 18 hours. How many
widgets did they make?

It's not important to the instructor what the object actually is. It's just a
placeholder to help learn math (or excel or whatever).

Any chance that's where you've heard it?

Oski wrote:

What does that mean in relation to excel??

--

Dave Peterson

Dave wrote on Fri, 16 Mar 2007 11:27:10 -0700:

DF Think of them like variables in algebra.

DF Dave
DF --
DF A hint to posters: Specific, detailed questions are more
likely to
DF be answered than questions that provide no detail about
DF your problem.

DF "Oski" wrote:

?? Hi Dave ~
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equal
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??
?? "Dave Peterson" wrote:
??
?? Not excel specific, but I've heard lots of
?? teachers/trainers use widgets in their examples.
??
?? A team can make x number of widgets per hour and they
?? work 18 hours. How many widgets did they make?
??
?? It's not important to the instructor what the object
?? actually is. It's just a placeholder to help learn math
?? (or excel or whatever).
??
?? Any chance that's where you've heard it?
??

Definitions and usage of widgets is fine, AFAIK, but a sprocket
has a couple of real meanings. 1. A toothed wheel engaging with
a chain or power conveyor. 2. A wedge-shaped piece of wood
extending a roof over eaves at a lesser pitch (Webster). A
multispeed bike usually has a collection of sprockets on the
rear wheel.

James Silverton
Potomac, Maryland

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