tab

Small gripping projection

Tab’s numerous and varied meanings must be discerned from context.

Online, a tab is a clickable link that opens a separate page, or a separate display page in your browser.

The tab key on your keyboard creates an indentation (a tab), or advances to the next available field.

That kind of tab is inspired by the physical one, a projecting piece of something that allows you to identify it, close it, or pull it out.

A tab at a restaurant or business is a line of credit.

If you keep tabs on someone, you monitor their actions and movements.

Tab may also be short for tablet when it refers to a pill.

receipt

bill

Amount owed, written

total · payment · tip · settle · running · credit · expense · account · tally · itemize

separation

divider

Thing that partitions

strip · marker · label · index · folder · binder · insert · pull · notch · section

browser

bookmark

Location saver for pages

plugin · history · sync · incognito · refresh · pin · close · open · duplicate · mute

keyboard

key

Lock-opening device

  • indentText set inward
  • columnVertical structural element
  • spacingInterval arrangement between objects

align · stop · character · whitespace · format · typewriter · margin · advance · position · field

bars

bartender

One who serves drinks

taproom · pub · saloon · lounge · bouncer · nightclub · alehouse · speakeasy · roadhouse · barmaid

Categories
Opposites
interface element type

tabbutton

Disc through a hole

submit button · dropdown · toggle · slider · action button

attachment/fastening action

tabdislodge

Force from position

release · unfasten · detach · undo · unclip

financial tracking

tabpayment

Fulfilling a financial obligation

settlement · cash · pay off · settle up · prepayment

Phrases
Family

table, tablet, tabs, tabulate, tabulation, tabbed, tabbing, tabulator

Familiarity
Top 10,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G