(1) (
TABlet) See
tablet.
(2) To move the screen cursor or print head to a specified column (the tab stop). Pressing the Tab key on a keyboard moves the cursor horizontally to the right or to the next input field. Shift-Tab moves left. In the ASCII character set, there are codes for horizontal and vertical tabs (see
ASCII chart). See
tab stop.
(3) (TAB) See
tape automated bonding.
(4) A visual identifier in a browser that identifies opened Web pages. See
tabbed browsing.
(5) A horizontal menu on control panels, dialog boxes and applications. Clicking the tab jumps the user to that function, and that tab becomes highlighted. See
tabbed browsing.
Dialog Box Tabs
On-screen tabs are widely used in control panels. In this example, the Appearance tab is currently selected and highlighted.