Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun One that tabulates.
- noun A machine that reads, sorts, and prints out information from punched cards.
- noun A mechanism on a typewriter for setting automatic stops or margins for columns.
- noun Computers A device for reading data from punched cards and producing printed lists or totals of the result.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun One who tabulates; a maker of statistical or similar tables.
- noun An attachment to a typewriter for so controlling the feed-motion of the carriage that it will stop automatically at certain prearranged positions or points in its traverse, the object being to enable the operator to arrange the print in vertical lines, as in drawing up a tabulated statement of accounts.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A person who
counts ortabulates things. - noun The mechanism on a
typewriter that sets the position ofcolumns andborders . - noun computing An early
data processing machine that produces printedlists andtotals fromdata onpunched cards .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a calculator that keeps a record of the number of times something happens
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Examples
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To be clear: Computerized vote-counting, whether on optical scan or on DREs, with paper ballots or without, is heavily reliant on the computerized compilation done by the central tabulator, which is under direct control of the election administrator and those he selects as IT administrators.
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Then our tabulator is a part and parcel of the instrument, costing you nothing more than the original price of the machine, which is one hundred dollars -- without discount. "
The Shuttle 1907
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Then our tabulator is a part and parcel of the instrument, costing you nothing more than the original price of the machine, which is one hundred dollars -- without discount. "
The Shuttle Frances Hodgson Burnett 1886
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That's the shocking admission heard today from Justin Bales, Premier's Western Region manager, at a State of California public hearing on the possible decertification of Diebold/Premier's tabulator system, GEMS v. 1.18.19.
Boing Boing 2009
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Upon review, it was determined that there was a truncation error in the final printout sent to the tabulator.
Yahoo Proxy Tally Underreported Votes Against Some Directors - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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Upon review, it was determined that there was a truncation error in the final printout sent to the tabulator.
Yahoo Proxy Tally Underreported Votes Against Some Directors - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com 2008
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The State requested several deadline extensions and eventually refused to release the "central tabulator data file" taken from the Diebold-supplied computer used to run the "GEMS" (Global Election Management Software) application.
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In other words, unless Alaska is using a more updated version of the Diebold software, it's relatively simple to modify results in the central tabulator and delete virtually all evidence that one has done so.
Brad Friedman: Why Joe Miller Should Call for a Transparent 'Hand Count' of All Ballots Cast in Alaska Brad Friedman 2010
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The State requested several deadline extensions and eventually refused to release the "central tabulator data file" taken from the Diebold-supplied computer used to run the "GEMS" (Global Election Management Software) application.
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Moreover, Diebold was forced to admit in August that their GEMS central tabulator system, used with both DRE and paper-based optical-systems in 34 states this year, routinely drops thousands of votes without notifying system administrators.
Brad Friedman: Vote-Flipping Diebold Machine Removed, Quarantined in CO 2010
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