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tab (1) To move the cursor on a display screen or the print head on a printer to a specified column (the tab stop). Pressing the Tab key on a keyboard moves the screen cursor horizontally to the right. Pressing Shift-Tab moves it to the left. However, in the ASCII character set, there are codes for both horizontal and vertical tabs. See tab stop.(2) A small flap used for quick access that projects out from the end of a page or file folder. The on-screen equivalent is clicked to display a dialog for the user. See tabbed browsing. (3) (TAB) See tape automated bonding.
tab1 a small auxiliary aerofoil on the trailing edge of a rudder, aileron, or elevator, etc., to assist in the control of the aircraft in flight tab2 2. Slang a portion of a drug, esp LSD or ecstasy tab 1. A small, narrow drop curtain in a theater used to mask from view a portion of the stage. 2. A tableau curtain. 3. The lower end of a shingle; the visible portion of a roof shingle that remains uncovered.
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