tabulator

ˈtæb.jəˌleɪ.tər

Definition

Definition of tabulator - Reverso English Dictionary

Noun

technology

TECH.

character in computing for creating spaces

TECH.

Press the tabulator to indent the paragraph.

indent

space

tab

keyboard

Dated

key on a typewriter or keyboard for setting horizontal stops

Dated

He pressed the tabulator to align the text in his document..

indent

tab

data

Rare

person who counts or organizes data

Rare

The tabulator ensured all votes were counted accurately.

counter

enumerator

recorder

historical machine

Rare

early machine for processing punched card data

Rare

The tabulator printed the results from the punched cards.

data processor

tabulating machine

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Images of tabulator

key on a typewriter or keyboard for setting horizontal stops
early machine for processing punched card data

Origin of tabulator

Latin, tabula (table)

Examples of tabulator in a sentence

The tabulator key helps in organizing data efficiently.
She hit the tabulator to indent the paragraph.
The old typewriter's tabulator was broken.
The tabulator compiled the survey results efficiently.
As a tabulator, she organized the data for the report.
The tabulator sorted the data from the punched cards efficiently.

Engineers used a tabulator to process large amounts of information.

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French:tabulation, touche de tabulation, ...
German:Tabulator, Tabulatortaste, ...
Italian:tabulatore, tasto di tabulazione, ...
Spanish:tabulador, contador, ...
Portuguese:tabulador, contador, ...
Chinese:制表符, 制表键, ...
Japanese:タブキー, タブボタン, ...
Arabic:مِفْتَاحُ الْجَدْوَلَةِ, مِفْتَاحُ التَّابِ, ...
Hebrew:טַבּוּלָטוֹר, סוֹפֵר, ...
Russian:табулятор, клавиша табуляции, ...
Ukrainian:табулятор, клавіша табуляції, ...
Hindi:टैबुलेटर, टैब कुंजी, ...
Bengali:ট্যাবুলেটর, ট্যাব কী, ...
Catalan:tabulador, tecla de tabulació, ...
Czech:tabulátor, klávesa Tab, ...
Danish:tabulator, tabulatortast, ...
Dutch:tabtoets, horizontale stoptoets, ...
Greek:πλήκτρο tab, καταμετρητής, ...
Hungarian:tabulátor, tabulátorbillentyű, ...
Khmer:គ្រាប់ចុចថេប, គ្រាប់ចុចតាប, ...
Korean:탭, 탭 키, ...
Persian:کلید تب, کلید تنظیم افقی, ...
Polish:tabulator, klawisz tabulacji, ...
Portuguese (BR):tabulador, ...
Romanian:tabulator, tastă tabulator, ...
Swedish:tabbtangent, databehandlare, ...
Thai:แท็บ, ปุ่มแท็บ, ...
Turkish:sekme tuşu, sayımcı, ...
Vietnamese:phím tab, phím định vị, ...

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