tabulator en · NOUN
Etymology
Etymology tree English tabulate Old French -eorbor. Middle English -our Proto-Indo-European *-tōr Proto-Italic *-tōr Latin -torlbor. English -or English tabulator From tabulate + -or.
Meanings
- A person who counts or tabulates things.
- The mechanism on a typewriter that sets the position of columns and borders.
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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:
- (historical) An early data processing machine that produces printed lists and totals from data on punched cards.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| tabulators | Number=Plur | lexicographic |
Translations (11)
ru табуля́тор (mechanism on a typewriter) · el στηλοθέτης (mechanism on a typewriter) · fi tabulaattori (computing: early data processing machine) · fi sarkain (mechanism on a typewriter) · fi laskija (person who tabulates) · cs tabulátor (mechanism on a typewriter) · ca tabulador (mechanism on a typewriter) · ru табуля́тор (computing: early data processing machine) · fi tabulaattori (mechanism on a typewriter) · fr tabulatrice (computing: early data processing machine) · es tabulador (person who tabulates)