Definition: In any spreadsheet program such as Excel, each rectangular box in a rowworksheet is referred to as a cell.
A cell is the intersection point of a column and a row.
Data entered into Excel is always stored in a cell. Each cell can hold only one piece of data at a time.
In the newest versions of Excel there are over 17 billion cells in each worksheet.
To keep track of where data is stored, each cell has a cell reference consisting of the column letter and row number of where the cell is located.
Examples:
Click on cell B3 and enter the following data.
