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Tab (GUI) facts for kids

Kids Encyclopedia Facts

On computers using graphics for an interface, a tab is a way to switch between different controls (such as in a configuration screen), or documents (such as in a web browser or word processor). Only one tab can be active at a time.

Gedit tab example
An example of tabs in gedit

Use in browsers

More recently tabs have become a popular feature of most web browsers. This allows you to have more than one website open in the same window.

Firefox 2 Tabbed Browsing GNU-Linux
An example of Mozilla Firefox (version 2) with three tabs open.

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See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Pestaña (informática) para niños

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Tab (GUI) Facts for Kids. Kiddle Encyclopedia.