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Design a Collaborative Spreadsheet Service

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Design a web service similar to Google Sheets, focusing on backend system design, data models, concurrency control for simultaneous editing, storage layer selection, high-scale data loading/saving, snapshot backup systems, and database table design.

Asked in the System Design stage. Onsite system design round focusing on real-time collaborative application architecture. Focus on how you would keep edits consistent, durable, and fast under concurrent access.