How to say "tab" in Japanese

• タブCommon
  nounCovers the tab as a character or key — the spacing tab on a keyboard or in a document, and by extension tabbed sections in software. This katakana word is the natural choice for these technical senses.
• つけCommon
  nounCovers the tab in the financial sense: a running bill to be paid later, as when drinking or dining on credit. Asking to put something on one's つけ is the typical use.
  つけでお願ねがいします。↗

  I want to put this on house charge.

Use 「タブ」 for the physical or on-screen tab, such as a keyboard key or browser tab; use 「つけ」 when tab means an unpaid bill run up on credit at a bar or shop.

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• タブtab (character, key)
• つけtab (for later payment)