Tab

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Contents 1 In software 2 In publishing 3 In slang 4 Places 5 See also

Tab or tabs may refer to:

• Tabulation: computing evolved from a mechanical basis using cards gradually between the 1940s and 1990s to a completely electronic basis. The card based systems and components such as sorters and card readers and punches were called "Tab".
• The tab key, on a computer keyboard, automates indenting text to a preset position. The tab key is commonly used for indentation in word processors and other software.
• Tab (archery), the small piece of protective covering to protect the fingers when practicing
• Tab (debating), the table of the results of a debating competition
• Tab (soft drink), a beverage produced by the Coca-Cola company
• Tab (album), by Monster Magnet
• Tabs (stage), in theatre, the term for the curtain at the front of the stage
• Tablature, a form of musical notation used particularly for guitars and other fretted instruments
• Tâb, a board game played in Egypt and elsewhere
• Chicago tab, in organizing, a protruding piece of a planar surface that provides an index mark
• Tab Ramos, an American soccer player
• Tab Hunter, an American actor and musician
• TABS, Thermal Activated Building System.

[edit] In software

• Tab (GUI), a visual marker in a computer application, similar to Chicago tabs (above)
• Tabbed document interface ("tabbed browsing"), in a web browser, tabs divide open pages displayed in a single window
• Tabs (software), a 3D CAD tool, originally for Acorn Archimedes computers

[edit] In publishing

• "Tab", abbreviation of tabloid, a small newspaper format
• Tab, a comic strip format
• Tab Communications, a former newspaper publisher in Massachusetts, or one of its papers

[edit] In slang

• Bill (payment), informally
• In British English, a colloquialism for cigarette
• In British Military English, a colloquialism for a forced march
• In East Midlands English, a slang term for ear
• "Tabs", abbreviation for "tablets", slang for the drug MDMA, or Ecstasy
• In British English, a term referring to Cambridge students, used primordially by members of Oxford University

[edit] Places

• Tab, Hungary, town in Somogy County, Hungary, near Lake Balaton
• Tab, Indiana, village in Warren County, Indiana, USA

[edit] See also

• TAB
• Taba