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tabulator definition

tabu·la·tor (-lāt′ər)

noun

a person or thing that tabulates; specif.,
  1. a device on a typewriter activated by a key (tab key), used to move the carriage a given number of spaces, as in making columns
  2. the key on a computer keyboard that moves the cursor a preset number of spaces (also tab key)
  3. a machine for automatically compiling lists, tabulations, etc. from information encoded on punch cards

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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