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tabulator
(-lāt′ər)
noun
a person or thing that tabulates; specif.,
- a device on a typewriter activated by a key (), used to move the carriage a given number of spaces, as in making columns
- the key on a computer keyboard that moves the cursor a preset number of spaces (also )
- a machine for automatically compiling lists, tabulations, etc. from information encoded on punch cards
See tabulator in American Heritage Dictionary 4
noun
- One that tabulates.
- A machine that reads, sorts, and prints out information from punched cards.
- A mechanism on a typewriter for setting automatic stops or margins for columns.
- Computer Science A device for reading data from punched cards and producing printed lists or totals of the result.
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