Tabulator
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Tabulator is a noun meaning A person who counts or tabulates things.
Meaning
A person who counts or tabulates things.
More Meanings
- The mechanism on a typewriter that sets the position of columns and borders.
- (computing) A tab character.
- (computing, historical) An early data processing machine that produces printed lists and totals from data on punched cards.
Example Sentences
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.
Word Forms
- tabulators
Synonyms for tabulator
Depending on context, synonyms include counter.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include counter, tallyman, totalizer, tally-man, tallier, teller.
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