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Definition of Tabulator
1. Noun. A calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens.
Generic synonyms: Calculating Machine, Calculator
Specialized synonyms: Pulse Counter
Derivative terms: Count
Definition of Tabulator
1. Noun. A person who counts or tabulates things. ¹
2. Noun. The mechanism on a typewriter that sets the position of columns and borders. ¹
3. Noun. (computing) An early data processing machine that produces printed lists and totals from data on punched cards. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Tabulator
1. [n -S]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Tabulator
Literary usage of Tabulator
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Methods of Teaching Typewriting by Rupert Pitt So Relle (1919)
"Decimal tabulator: It is recommended that the teacher secure a copy of the book
of instructions of the tabulator issued by the typewriter companies where he ..."
2. Business Costs by De Witt Carl Eggleston, Frederick Bertrand Robinson (1921)
"7. How is the automatic sorting machine used ? 8. How is the automatic tabulating
machine used? 9. How does the tabulator-Printer work? ..."
3. Book-keeping by Machinery: A Treatise on Office Economies by Erwin William Thompson (1906)
"THE ELECTRIC tabulator. In cases where statistics must be collected and tabulated
in numerous forms, with reference to different material facts, ..."
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