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    == General info about computing facilities in HH ==
    == General info about computing facilities in HH ==


    * [[w:Windows 7 Enterprise]] and [[w:Microsoft Office 2013]] are used pervasively in HH.
    * [[w:Windows 7 Enterprise]] and [[w:Microsoft Office 2013]] are used pervasively in HH. Maybe even too so if one is a [[w:FOSS]] oriented engineering student at HH.


    * HH has purchased licenses for nearly everything that MSFT sells. ( Check Mynet for more info ?)
    * HH has purchased licenses for nearly everything that MSFT sells. ( Check Mynet for more info ? )


    * HH uses VDI [[w:desktop virtualization]] in its computers to bring an extremely available and responsive computing experience to thousands of users using the approximatelly 2000 computers there are in HH Pasila Campus.  
    * HH uses VDI [[w:desktop virtualization]] in its computers to bring an extremely available and responsive computing experience to thousands of users using the approximatelly 2000 computers there are in HH Pasila Campus.  


    * '''[[w:WinSCP]]'''[http://winscp.net/eng/download.php (.net)] is the tool of choice for Windows users moving files to network folders.  
    * '''[[w:WinSCP]]'''[http://winscp.net/eng/download.php (.net)] is the tool of choice for Windows users moving files to network folders. ( Teacher ) Another option for Windows is the [http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html PScp available here] ( jubo-jubo )
    :: Winscp allows you to access Myy-disk at home etc.
    :: Winscp allows you to access Myy-disk at home etc.
    :::: If you are using OS X, Linux or FreeBSD at home you can use the pre-installed command line tool '''[[w:Secure copy|scp]]''' to get same functionality ( move files between machines securely ).  
    :::: If you are using OS X, Linux or FreeBSD at home you can use the pre-installed command line tool '''[[w:Secure copy|scp]]''' to get same functionality ( move files between machines securely ).  
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    == Excel ==
    == Excel ==
    A '''[[w:spreadsheet|spreadsheet]]''' ( [[w:fi:taulukkolaskentaohjelma]] ) is an interactive [[w:computer application|computer application]] program for organization and analysis of [[w:data|data]] in [[w:table (information)|tabular]] form. Spreadsheets developed as computerized simulations of paper accounting [[w:worksheet|worksheet]]s. The program operates on data represented as cells of an array, organized in rows and columns. Each cell of the array is a [[w:model–view–controller|model–view–controller]] element that can contain either numeric or text data, or the results of [[w:formula|formula]]s that automatically calculate and display a value based on the contents of other cells. ( Wikipedia )
    '''[[w:Microsoft Excel|Microsoft Excel]]''' is a '''[[w:spreadsheet|spreadsheet]]''' ( [[w:fi:taulukkolaskentaohjelma]] ), an interactive [[w:computer application|computer application]] program for organization and analysis of [[w:data|data]] in [[w:table (information)|tabular]] form.  
    ::Spreadsheets developed as computerized simulations of paper [[accounting]] [[w:worksheet|worksheet]]s.  
    ::::The program operates on data represented as cells of an array, organized in rows and columns. Each cell of the array is a [[w:model–view–controller|model–view–controller]] element that can contain either numeric or text data, or the results of [[w:formula|formula]]s that automatically calculate and display a value based on the contents of other cells.
    :::::: Excel features calculation, graphing tools, [[w:pivot table|pivot table]]s, and a macro programming language called [[w:Visual Basic for Applications|Visual Basic for Applications]]. ( Wikipedia on [[w:Microsoft Excel]] and [[w:spreadsheet]] mashed together )


    '''[[w:Microsoft Excel|Microsoft Excel]]''' is a [[w:spreadsheet|spreadsheet]] [[w:Application software|application]] developed by [[w:Microsoft|Microsoft]] for [[w:Microsoft Windows|Microsoft Windows]] and [[w:Mac OS|Mac OS]]. It features calculation, graphing tools, [[w:pivot table|pivot table]]s, and a macro programming language called [[w:Visual Basic for Applications|Visual Basic for Applications]]. ( Wikipedia )