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tabulator

[tab-yuh-ley-ter]

tab·u·la·tor

[tab-yuh-ley-ter]
noun
1.
a person or thing that tabulates.
2.
tab1 (def. 7).

Origin:
1880–85; tabulate + -or2
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Tabulator is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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tabulator (ˈtæbjʊˌleɪtə)
 
n
1.  a device for setting the automatic stops that locate the column margins on a typewriter
2.  computing a machine that reads data from one medium, such as punched cards, producing lists, tabulations, or totals, usually on a continuous sheet of paper
3.  any machine that tabulates data

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