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What does tab mean?

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Noun
  1. A small flap or strip of material attached to something, for holding, manipulation, identification, etc.
  2. (slang) An ear.
  3. (by extension, graphical user interface) A navigational widget, resembling a physical tab, for switching between documents or sets of controls.
  4. (informal) A tablet, especially one containing illicit drugs.
  5. (British Army, military slang) A fast march or run with full kit.
Verb
  1. To affix with tabs; to label.
Noun
  1. (Canada) A restaurant bill.
  2. (Canada) Credit account, e.g., in a shop or bar; slate
  3. (computing) A space character that extends to the next aligned column, traditionally used for tabulation.
Verb
  1. (computing) To use the Tab key on a computer to advance the cursor, or on a typewriter to advance the carriage.
Noun
  1. (Britain, regional, Geordie and Mackem) cigarette.
Noun
  1. A form of musical notation indicating fingering rather than the pitch of notes, commonly used for stringed instruments.
Noun
  1. (British slang) A student of Cambridge University.
Noun
  1. (colloquial) A tabloid newspaper.
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