tab

IPA: tˈæb

A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.
(slang) An ear.
(by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
(graphical user interface) The page or form associated with such a navigational widget.
(British Army, military slang) A fast march or run with full kit.
(informal, chiefly Canada, US) A restaurant bill.
(informal, chiefly Canada, US) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate
(by extension) The cost or bill for anything.
(computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
(Tyneside and Mackem) A cigarette.
A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
(Oxbridge slang) A student of Cambridge University.
(colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.
(informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
(informal, theater) A tableau curtain.
(computing) A key on a computer keyboard that typically inserts a tab or moves the input focus.
Alternative letter-case form of tab (“student at Cambridge”) [A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, opening etc.]

(transitive) To affix with tabs; to label.
(computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor or move the input focus, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage.

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