“This expression was first used in America in the mid-19thcentury, bartenders started using a slate to write down the number of drinks each customer had consumed. Another name for the slate was 'tablet', and it is from the shortened form of this word that we get 'tab'.”
The word tab derives from the word tabulate, which means "to arrange data in a tabular, or table, form." When a person wanted to type a table (of numbers or text) on a typewriter, there was a lot of time-consuming and repetitive use of the space bar and backspace key.
: a small flap or loop by which something may be grasped or pulled.
Likely to have been formed by clipping the Geordie pronunciation of the word tobacco or alternatively from the brand name Ogden's Tabs.
Rather, it's the old form of barroom credit, the weekly and monthly tab—an instrument by which regulars could drink free until the next paycheck, whereupon the bill would be settled. “Put it on my tab” was once a common remark heard from barflies exiting taverns from Saratoga to Seattle.
Northern English. a cigarette. informal. (also tab of acid) a small piece of paper containing the drug LSD.
Tab is a given name. As a name for females, it may be a shortening of Tabitha. Males known as "Tab" include: Tab Baker (1959–2010), American actor.
On the Home tab, in the Paragraph group, choose Paragraph Settings. Click the Tabs button. Set the Tab stop position, choose the Alignment and Leader options, and then click Set and OK.
noun. /tæb/ 1a small piece of paper, cloth, metal, etc. that sticks out from the edge of something, and that is used to give information about it, or to hold it, fasten it, etc.
Your tabs are your ears – presumably because they stick out from your head: He had such big tabs that they used to call him 'the FA Cup'!
Types of Tab Stops
Left Tab – text is aligned to the left of the tab stop. Center Tab – text is centered in the middle of the tab stop. Right Tab – text is aligned to the right of the tab stop. Decimal Tab – numbers are aligned by their decimal points.
A Left tab stop sets the left end of the text line. As you type, the text fills toward the right. A Center tab stop sets the position at the middle of the text line. As you type, the text centers on this position.
Synonyms of tab (noun ticket, label) bookmark. clip. flag. flap.
TAB (Typhoid-Paratyphoid A and B):
The Totalisator Agency Board, universally shortened to TAB or T.A.B., is the name given to monopoly totalisator organisations in Australia, New Zealand and South Africa. They operate betting shops and online betting. They were originally government owned, but in Australia most have been privatised.
In the United States Army, tabs are cloth and/or metal arches displaying a word or words signifying a special skill that are worn on U.S. Army uniforms.
If you mean the opposite of pressing the tab key in an editor, then you're looking for shift - tab .
Shift+tab should do the trick. It also works in Alt-tab to cycle backwards through tabs.
If you press Shift + Tab (on Windows and Mac), the cursor will move one space up, or one space to the left depending on the program you're in.
A tab leader connects text and page numbers in an index of authorities or. table of contents.
What Is a Bar Tab? A bar tab is a running total of charges that a guest accumulates throughout their time at a bar. Not only do bar tabs allow bartenders to limit the number of transactions in a night, but they also make it easy to handle complex orders or serve large groups of people.
A Decimal Tab stop aligns numbers around a decimal point. Without regard to the number of digits, the decimal point remains in the same position. (When you use this type of tab stop, you must align the numbers around a decimal character. A Bar Tab places a solid vertical line through selected text.
1 tab /ˈtæb/ noun. plural tabs.