ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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

  1. The mechanism on a typewriter that sets the position of columns and borders.
  2. (computing) A tab character.
  3. (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

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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