different between typewriter vs tabulator

English

Etymology

From type +? writer.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): [?ta?p??a?t?(?)]

Noun

typewriter (plural typewriters)

1. A device, at least partially mechanical, used to print text by pressing keys that cause type to be impressed through an inked ribbon onto paper.
2. (archaic) One who uses a typewriter; a typist.
3. (US, dated, slang) A machine gun or submachine gun (from the noise it makes when firing).
4. A prank in which fingers are jabbed roughly onto someone's chest followed by striking them over the ear in imitation of using an old-fashioned typewriter.

Synonyms

• typographer
• (one who uses a typewriter): typist

Derived terms

Related terms

• type
• typewrite
• typist
• write

Translations

See also

• touch-typist

English

Etymology

tabulate +? -or

Noun

tabulator (plural tabulators)

1. A person who counts or tabulates things.
2. The mechanism on a typewriter that sets the position of columns and borders.
3. (computing) A tab character.
   • 2004, Kari Laitinen, A Natural Introduction to Computer Programming with C# (page 110)

     You can put a tabulator in all those places where a space is allowed. A tabulator character corresponds to, for example, 4 spaces in the program editor.

4. (computing, historical) An early data processing machine that produces printed lists and totals from data on punched cards.

Translations

Romanian

Etymology

From French tabulateur

Noun

tabulator n (plural tabulatoare)

1. tabulator

Declension