TAB

Tab

In the area of graphical user interfaces, a tabbed document interface or a Tab is one that allows multiple documents to be contained within a single window, using tabs as a navigational widget for switching between sets of documents. It is an interface style most commonly associated with web browsers, web applications, text editors, and preference panes.

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tab

Noun

  1. A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, etc.
  2. A navigational widget for switching between sets of controls or documents.
  3. A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
  4. A fast march or run with full kit.
  5. A student of Cambridge University, derived from the Latin Cantabrigia (often shortened to Cantab.).

Noun (etymology 2)

  1. A restaurant bill.
  2. Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar.
    Put this round on my tab, will you, barman.
  3. Short for tabulator.
  4. A space character () that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.

Noun (etymology 3)

  1. cigarette.
    Giv'is a tab man!

Noun (etymology 4)

  1. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.

Verb

  1. Mark with a tab.
  2. To use the Tab key on a computer or typewriter to navigate the screen or page.
  3. Short for tabulate.


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