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Tab

1. An indentation at the beginning of a line to signify a new paragraph in a document. Usually about five spaces, tabs are primarily used to help create equal spacing between multiple lines or to start a new paragraph.

2. In a software program window and on the Internet, a tab allows for the user to access different parts of a menu, display, or page. below is an example of what tabs may look like in a Microsoft Windows window.

3. Small plastic piece used to enable/disable write-protection on floppy diskette drives

4. A keyboard key that inserts a tab character or advances the cursor to other tab settings on a line. This key can also move between selectable items in a dialog box.

5. May refer to a tab of an open window in tabbed browsing.

Also see: Floppy drive definitions, Indent, Operating System Definitions, Keyboard definitions, Tab stop, White space

 

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