How does one provide a determinant as input to Wolfram Alpha?

Question

$\begin{vmatrix} 17&-12&4&0\\ 5&9&-2&1\\ 3&-6&-1&14\\ 11&7&0&8\\ \end{vmatrix}$

How would one express the preceding determinant in the Wolfram Alpha™ environment?

Answer 1

See https://www.wolframalpha.com/examples/Matrices.html for various different ways of doing it.