tabulatorn.
/ˈtabjʊleɪtə/ 1. One who tabulates, or draws up a table or scheme.
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society > communication > representation > a plastic or graphic representation > graphic representation > drawing plans or diagrams > [noun] > diagram > tabular form > one who tabulates
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1885 Athenæum 14 Nov. 639/3 This..means a corresponding increase in the work of the tabulators.
2. A machine or apparatus for this purpose; spec. a part of the mechanism of a typewriter (formerly, a separate attachment) for controlling the movement of the carriage in tabular work, indentation, etc.; in Computing, a machine that produces lists, tables, or totals from the information in a data storage medium, esp. punched cards or tape.
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society > computing and information technology > hardware > computer > [noun] > tabulator
tabulator1892
society > communication > printing > typing > typewriter > [noun] > spacer, mechanism controlling carriage movement
escapement1881
tab1916
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society > computing and information technology > hardware > secondary storage > [noun] > punch card or tape > processing device
reproducer1885
sorter1917
interpreter1936
verifier1940
card reader1946
reader1946
tape reader1947
collator1949
tape reproducer1961
stacker1962
tabulator1970
1892 Daily News 6 June 5/5 It is these cards that are passed through the electrical tabulator, which, by ingenious contrivances, records the answers on a number of dials.
1901 Phonetic Jrnl. 28 Sept. 611/1 Mr. F. P. Gorin, inventor of the tabulator bearing his name.
1917 L. R. Dicksee Office Machinery viii. 96 A complete installation, consisting..of three Punches, one Sorter, and one Tabulator, would involve the employment of four operators, none of whom need be skilled accountants.
1922 F. W. Pixley Accountant's Dict. II. 723/1 Accountants should..consider both systems..The choice will generally depend on the form in which the data is finally required; in other words, the tabulator will usually govern the system adopted.
1949 E. C. Berkeley Giant Brains iv. 47 The chief IBM punch-card machines are: the key punch, the verifier, the sorter, the interpreter, the reproducer, the collator, the multiplying punch, the calculating punch, and the tabulator.
1970 O. Dopping Computers & Data Processing iv. 73 A tabulator usually prints around 150 lines per minute, while a normal speed for a computer line printer is 1,000 lines per minute.
1978 J. Kellock Elem. Accounting xii. 214 The next step is to feed the cards into a tabulator.
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