noun
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a device for setting the automatic stops that locate the column margins on a typewriter
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computing a machine that reads data from one medium, such as punched cards, producing lists, tabulations, or totals, usually on a continuous sheet of paper
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any machine that tabulates data
Etymology
Origin of tabulator
Example Sentences
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He sees the worst-case scenario as local election officials having to resort to hand counting because a tabulator has failed and they don’t have access to a backup.
From Seattle Times • Jan. 18, 2024
The simplest was to place them in a slot marked “3” in the locked box beneath the tabulator, for collection and counting later at the county’s central elections facility in downtown Phoenix.
From New York Times • Nov. 19, 2022
A brief, tense exchange flared when Woodall-Vogg opened a panel on one tabulator, bumping the power cord and inadvertently unplugging it.
From Washington Post • Nov. 9, 2022
His team is working to fix the problem as "quickly as possible", but in the meantime, he added, voters could also place their ballots into a secure box that is affixed to the tabulator.
From Salon • Nov. 8, 2022
At the time, a publication called the Electrical Engineer remarked that the tabulator bested even divine speeds.
From "A Deadly Wandering: A Mystery, a Landmark Investigation, and the Astonishing Science of Attention in the Digital Age" by Matt Richtel
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