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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.

Dialog Box Tabs
On-screen tabs are widely used in control panels and other setting dialogs. In this Windows display control panel example, the Appearance tab is currently selected.

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
1. short for tabulator, tablet
2. Slang a portion of a drug, esp LSD or ecstasy
TAB - HT


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