A collection of data organized into columns and rows generally is called a TABLE.
Usually this defines a table.
It is called a spreadsheet.
Data organized into columns and rows is called a table.
Data Sheet
work book
table
periods are the rows and families are the columns
datasheet view
In columns and rows. The columns generally have titles
Columns and rows can be swapped by transposing them. You can copy a row of cells and using Paste Special and the Transpose option the data can be put into columns. You can do the same with data in columns and transpose them into rows. There is also a Transpose function in Excel.
Generically it is called a table.
It is true that periodic table is divided into rows and columns. The rows are called periods and columns are called groups.
In database the data is stored in the form of a table. A table can be seen as some number of rows and columns. And the row of the database table is called a record .