tabulator

[ tab-yuh-ley-ter ]

noun
  1. a person or thing that tabulates.

Origin of tabulator

1
First recorded in 1880–85; tabulate + -or2

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British Dictionary definitions for tabulator

tabulator

/ (ˈtæbjʊˌleɪtə) /


noun
  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

  1. any machine that tabulates data

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