tabulator
noun [ C ] uk/ˈtæb.jə.leɪ.tər/ us/ˈtæb.jə.leɪ.t̬ɚ/
（记录穿孔卡片上的信息的）制表机
a machine for recording information from punch cards (= cards with holes in patterns that represent information)
Charles Babbage designed an electro-mechanical device called a tabulator to read the information contained on the punch card. 查尔斯·巴贝奇设计了一种叫做制表机的电子机械装置来读取穿孔卡片上的信息。
His tabulator worked successfully, reducing the number of man-hours for the task by two-thirds. 他的制表机非常成功，使这项任务的工时减少了三分之二。
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- Herman Hollerith built his first mechanical tabulator in the 1880s.
- We will reset the tabulator to zero.
- She worked in the general admin office, operating a tabulator which, in pre-computer days, processed the information stored on punch-cards.