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'''Tablet''' may refer to: |
'''Tablet''' may refer to: |
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==Medicine== |
==Medicine== |
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*[[Tablet (pharmacy)]], a mixture of pharmacological substances pressed into a small cake or bar, colloquially called a "pill" |
* [[Tablet (pharmacy)]], a mixture of pharmacological substances pressed into a small cake or bar, colloquially called a "pill" |
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==Computing== |
==Computing== |
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* [[Tablet computer]], a mobile computer that is primarily operated by touching the screen |
* [[Tablet computer]], a mobile computer that is primarily operated by touching the screen |
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** [[Microsoft Tablet PC]], a pen-enabled personal computer specification announced by Microsoft in 2001 |
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** [[Internet tablet]], a mobile appliance focused on Internet and media features |
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* [[Graphics tablet]] or digitizing tablet, a computer input device for capturing hand-drawn images and graphics |
* [[Graphics tablet]] or digitizing tablet, a computer input device for capturing hand-drawn images and graphics |
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* [[Nook Tablet]], a tablet computer sold by Barnes & Noble; this successor of the Nook Color was announced and made available in November, 2011 |
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==Confectionery== |
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* [[Stele]], earliest stone tablet inscriptions |
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* A type of [[chocolate bar]] |
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* [[Stimulant|Energy tablets]] |
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* [[Clay tablet]], one of the earliest known writing mediums |
* [[Clay tablet]], one of the earliest known writing mediums |
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* [[Wax tablet]], used as far back as ancient Greece |
* [[Wax tablet]], used by scribes as far back as ancient Greece |
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* Wooden tablet, such as the [[Vindolanda tablets]] |
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* [[Stele]], slab of stone or wood erected as a monument or marker |
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* ''[[Tabula ansata]]'', tablets with handles |
* ''[[Tabula ansata]]'', tablets with handles |
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* [[Vindolanda tablets]], Roman era writings found in Britain |
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==Periodicals and printed works== |
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* [[Tablet (magazine)|''Tablet'' (magazine)]], a daily online magazine of Jewish news, ideas, and culture |
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* [[Tablet (religious)]], a traditional term used for certain religious texts |
* [[Tablet (religious)]], a traditional term used for certain religious texts |
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* ''[[The Tablet]]'', a Catholic magazine published in the United Kingdom |
* ''[[The Tablet]]'', a Catholic magazine published in the United Kingdom |
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* [[The Tablet (Brooklyn)|''The Tablet'' (Brooklyn)]], a Catholic newspaper published in the United States |
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* ''[[The New Zealand Tablet]]'', a former weekly Catholic newspaper |
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* ''[[TABLET the International Affairs Journal of George Mason University]]'' |
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==Other uses== |
==Other uses== |
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* Tablet is a form of [[token (railway signalling)]] |
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* [[Tyer's Electric Train Tablet]], a system of controlling access to single-track railway lines in Britain |
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* "Tablett", [[tray]], a shallow platform designed for carrying things, in German |
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==See also== |
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* [[Plaque (disambiguation)]] |
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* [[Stele]] |
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* [[Tablet PC (disambiguation)]] |
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{{Disambiguation}} |
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[[de:Tablet]] |
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[[fr:Tablette]] |
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[[ko:태블릿 (동음이의)]] |
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[[ja:タブレット]] |
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[[th:แท็บเล็ต (แก้ความกำกวม)]] |
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[[tr:Tablet (anlam ayrımı)]] |
Latest revision as of 04:07, 22 November 2023
Look up tablet in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
Tablet may refer to:
Medicine[edit]
- Tablet (pharmacy), a mixture of pharmacological substances pressed into a small cake or bar, colloquially called a "pill"
Computing[edit]
- Tablet computer, a mobile computer that is primarily operated by touching the screen
- Graphics tablet or digitizing tablet, a computer input device for capturing hand-drawn images and graphics
- Tablet, a section of columns in a range of rows in Google's Bigtable NoSQL database
Confectionery[edit]
- Tablet (confectionery), a medium-hard, sugary confection from Scotland
- Tableting, a confectionery manufacturing process
- A type of chocolate bar
- Energy tablets
Inscription, printing, and writing media[edit]
- Clay tablet, one of the earliest known writing mediums
- Wax tablet, used by scribes as far back as ancient Greece
- Notebook of blank or lined paper, usually bound with glue or staples along one edge
- Stele, slab of stone or wood erected as a monument or marker
- Tabula ansata, tablets with handles
- Vindolanda tablets, Roman era writings found in Britain
Periodicals and printed works[edit]
- Tablet (magazine), a daily online magazine of Jewish news, ideas, and culture
- Tablet (newspaper), a newspaper published in Seattle, Washington
- Tablet (religious), a traditional term used for certain religious texts
- The Tablet, a Catholic magazine published in the United Kingdom
- The Tablet (Brooklyn), a Catholic newspaper published in the United States
- The New Zealand Tablet, a former weekly Catholic newspaper
Other uses[edit]
- Tabula rasa, the theory originating with Aristotle of the newborn mind as an uninscribed tablet or blank slate
- Tablet is a form of token (railway signalling)
- Tyer's Electric Train Tablet, a system of controlling access to single-track railway lines in Britain
- "Tablett", tray, a shallow platform designed for carrying things, in German