tabbed

adj — 2 senses

tabbed

adj

Etymology From tab + -ed.

1

Having a tab (protruding strip of material).

  • Letter up a tabbed folder for each different catalog you intend to issue. As you collect matter for this catalog, put it in the one place — the folder devoted to that catalog.1907, Joseph Meadon, Walter Lawrence Tobey, The Graphic Arts and Crafts Year Book:
2

Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Having tabs (the user interface element).

  • A tabbed browser can display a different webpage on each tab.
  • If you're a stranger to tabbed browsing, you're probably trapped in a somewhat old-fashioned Web surfing pattern. Perhaps you click on an interesting link, wait for that link to load, then press the Back button when you've finished reading that new page.2005, Cheah Chu Yeow, Firefox Secrets, SitePoint, →ISBN, page 26:
Derived terms
multitabbed, nontabbed, untabbed

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