"tabulator" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: tabulators [plural]
Etymology: tabulate + -or Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|tabulate|or}} tabulate + -or Head templates: {{en-noun}} tabulator (plural tabulators)
  1. A person who counts or tabulates things. Translations (person who tabulates): laskija (Finnish), tabulador [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-tabulator-en-noun-x9Sq6RLq Disambiguation of 'person who tabulates': 89 3 2 6
  2. The mechanism on a typewriter that sets the position of columns and borders. Categories (topical): People Translations (mechanism on a typewriter): tabulador [masculine] (Catalan), tabulátor [masculine] (Czech), sarkain (Finnish), tabulaattori (Finnish), στηλοθέτης (stilothétis) [masculine] (Greek), табуля́тор (tabuljátor) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tabulator-en-noun-agiMyjcU Disambiguation of People: 33 65 0 1 Disambiguation of 'mechanism on a typewriter': 1 82 2 14
  3. (computing) A tab character. Categories (topical): Computing
    Sense id: en-tabulator-en-noun-NoJ8iMV- Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
  4. (computing, historical) An early data processing machine that produces printed lists and totals from data on punched cards. Tags: historical Categories (topical): Computing Translations (computing: early data processing machine): tabulaattori (Finnish), tabulatrice [feminine] (French), табуля́тор (tabuljátor) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-tabulator-en-noun-IIj9eWM~ Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -or Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 20 68 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 5 2 15 78 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -or: 12 8 14 66 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'computing: early data processing machine': 1 1 9 89

Inflected forms

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