<s>
Origin	O
is	O
a	O
proprietary	B-Application
computer	O
program	O
for	O
interactive	O
scientific	B-Application
graphing	I-Application
and	O
data	B-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
produced	O
by	O
OriginLab	O
Corporation	O
,	O
and	O
runs	O
on	O
Microsoft	B-Application
Windows	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
has	O
inspired	O
several	O
platform-independent	B-Operating_System
open-source	B-Application
clones	B-General_Concept
and	O
alternatives	O
like	O
LabPlot	B-Language
and	O
SciDAVis	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
analyses	O
in	O
Origin	O
include	O
statistics	O
,	O
signal	O
processing	O
,	O
curve	B-Algorithm
fitting	I-Algorithm
and	O
peak	O
analysis	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Origin	O
's	O
curve	B-Algorithm
fitting	I-Algorithm
is	O
performed	O
by	O
a	O
nonlinear	O
least	O
squares	O
fitter	O
which	O
is	O
based	O
on	O
the	O
Levenberg	B-Algorithm
–	I-Algorithm
Marquardt	I-Algorithm
algorithm	I-Algorithm
.	O
</s>
<s>
Origin	O
imports	O
data	O
files	O
in	O
various	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
ASCII	B-Protocol
text	I-Protocol
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
NI	O
TDM	O
,	O
DIADem	O
,	O
NetCDF	B-Application
,	O
SPC	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
also	O
exports	O
the	O
graph	O
to	O
various	O
image	O
file	O
formats	O
such	O
as	O
JPEG	O
,	O
GIF	O
,	O
EPS	B-Language
,	O
TIFF	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
There	O
is	O
also	O
a	O
built-in	O
query	O
tool	O
for	O
accessing	O
database	O
data	O
via	O
ADO	B-Library
.	O
</s>
<s>
Origin	O
is	O
primarily	O
a	O
GUI	B-Application
software	O
with	O
a	O
spreadsheet	B-Application
front	O
end	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Unlike	O
popular	O
spreadsheets	B-Application
like	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
Origin	O
's	O
worksheet	O
is	O
column	O
oriented	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Origin	O
also	O
has	O
a	O
scripting	B-Language
language	I-Language
(	O
LabTalk	O
)	O
for	O
controlling	O
the	O
software	O
,	O
which	O
can	O
be	O
extended	O
using	O
a	O
built-in	O
C/C	O
++	O
-based	O
compiled	B-Language
language	I-Language
(	O
Origin	O
C	B-Language
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Other	O
programming	O
options	O
include	O
an	O
embedded	O
Python	B-Language
environment	O
,	O
and	O
an	O
R	B-Language
Console	O
plus	O
support	O
for	O
Rserve	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Origin	O
can	O
be	O
also	O
used	O
as	O
a	O
COM	B-Application
server	I-Application
for	O
programs	O
which	O
may	O
be	O
written	O
in	O
Visual	B-Language
Basic	I-Language
.NET	I-Language
,	O
C#	B-Application
,	O
LabVIEW	B-Application
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Older	O
(	O
.OPJ	O
)	O
,	O
but	O
not	O
newer	O
(	O
.OPJU	O
)	O
,	O
Origin	O
project	O
files	O
can	O
be	O
read	O
by	O
the	O
open-source	B-Application
LabPlot	B-Language
or	O
SciDAVis	B-Language
software	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
files	O
can	O
also	O
be	O
read	O
by	O
QtiPlot	B-Language
but	O
only	O
with	O
a	O
paid	O
"	O
Pro	O
"	O
version	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
latter	O
adds	O
additional	O
data	B-General_Concept
analysis	I-General_Concept
features	O
like	O
surface	O
fitting	O
,	O
short-time	O
Fourier	O
Transform	O
,	O
and	O
more	O
advanced	O
statistics	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Origin	O
was	O
first	O
created	O
for	O
use	O
solely	O
with	O
microcalorimeters	O
manufactured	O
by	O
MicroCal	O
Inc	O
.	O
(	O
acquired	O
by	O
Malvern	O
Instruments	O
in	O
2014	O
)	O
The	O
software	O
was	O
used	O
to	O
graph	O
the	O
instruments	O
data	O
,	O
and	O
perform	O
nonlinear	O
curve	B-Algorithm
fitting	I-Algorithm
and	O
parameter	O
calculation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Fully	O
integrated	O
Python	B-Language
support	O
with	O
new	O
originpro	O
package	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Web	O
Data	O
Connectors	O
for	O
CSV	O
,	O
JSON	B-General_Concept
,	O
Excel	B-Application
,	O
MATLAB	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
Rug	B-Application
Plots	I-Application
,	O
Split	O
Heatmap	B-Application
Plot	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Data	O
Highlighter	O
for	O
data	O
exploration	O
,	O
Windows-like	O
search	O
from	O
Start	O
menu	O
,	O
Conditional	O
formatting	O
of	O
data	O
cells	O
,	O
Violin	B-Application
plot	I-Application
,	O
New	O
apps	O
like	O
Stats	O
Advisor	O
,	O
Image	O
Object	O
Counter	O
,	O
Design	O
of	O
Experiments	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Matrices	O
embedded	O
in	O
workbook	O
,	O
Worksheet/matrix	O
data	O
preview	O
,	O
Dynamic	O
graph	O
preview	O
in	O
analysis	O
,	O
Distributed	O
batch	O
processing	O
on	O
multi-core	B-Architecture
CPU	I-Architecture
(	O
app	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Cell	O
formula	O
,	O
Unicode	O
,	O
Bridge	B-Application
chart	I-Application
,	O
changed	O
to	O
a	O
more	O
compact	O
file	O
format	O
(	O
OPJU	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Trellis	B-Application
Plot	I-Application
,	O
Geology	O
fill	O
patterns	O
,	O
JavaScript	B-Language
support	O
from	O
Origin	O
C	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
First	O
version	O
to	O
support	O
Apps	O
in	O
Origin	O
,	O
also	O
added	O
R	B-Language
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2014/10	O
Origin	O
2015	O
added	O
graph	O
thumbnail	O
previews	O
,	O
project	O
search	O
,	O
heat	B-Application
map	I-Application
,	O
2D	B-General_Concept
kernel	I-General_Concept
density	I-General_Concept
plot	I-General_Concept
and	O
Python	B-Language
support	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
2013/10	O
Origin	O
9.1	O
SR0	O
added	O
support	O
for	O
Piper	O
diagram	O
,	O
Ternary	B-Application
surface	I-Application
plot	I-Application
etc	O
.	O
</s>
