tabulator
nounEtymology From tabulate + -or.
1
A person who counts or tabulates things.
2
The mechanism on a typewriter that sets the position of columns and borders.
3
Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences A tab character.
- You can put a tabulator in all those places where a space is allowed. A tabulator character corresponds to, for example, 4 spaces in the program editor.2004, Kari Laitinen, A Natural Introduction to Computer Programming with C#, page 110:
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Computing, Engineering, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Historical An early data processing machine that produces printed lists and totals from data on punched cards.