Tab

This page is about ambiguous uses of "tab" or "TAB" as a word or abbreviated version of a term. For "TAB" as an initialism, see TAB (disambiguation).

Tab or tabs may refer to:

"Tab(s)", thin or slab-like object(s)

• Tablet (disambiguation)
• Samsung Galaxy Tab, a tablet computer
• Flattish protruding mechanisms:
  • Servo tab, for moving an airplane's control surface with a small input force
  • Trim tab, for adjusting hands-free position of an airplane's control surface

"Tab(s)" in context of table(s), tabular presentation(s), and tabulation

• Tab key on data-input keyboard
• Tab character
• .tab

• file-name extension (alternative to ".tsv") for tab-separated values
• MapInfo TAB format, a geospatial vector data format

"Tab(s)" as individual word in other senses

• Tab (GUI), a visual marker in a computer application
• Tab (given name)
• Tab, in British Army, a loaded march
• Tab (album), by US band Monster Magnet
• Tab (archery), small protective covering for the fingers
• Beverage can tab, built-in miniature lever for unsealing
• Tab, Geordie term for cigarette
• Tab (soft drink), diet cola soft drink brand
• Tab (US Army), a part of the United States Army uniform designating a skill or marksmanship
• Tabs (stage), theatre curtain at front of stage
• Places
  • Tab, Hungary
  • Tab, Indiana, USA
• Periodical-related
  • Tab, Tabloid, a small newspaper format
  • Tab, a comic strip format
  • Tab, Massachusetts newspaper of Tab Communications

"Tab" as shortening of another specific word or phrase

• Tab or tablature, fingering-based musical notation, esp. for fretted instruments e.g. guitars
• TAB or Tabula, location of hand relative to rest of body, as a component of a sign-language sign
• Tab, Cantabrigian person
• Tab Communications, newspaper publisher

See also

• TAB (disambiguation)
• Tâb, board game played esp. in Egypt
• All pages with titles beginning with Tab
• All pages with titles containing Tab