tabular
adjective
tab·u·lar
ˈta-byə-lər 
1
a
: of, relating to, or arranged in a table
specifically
: set up in rows and columns
b
: computed by means of a table
2
: having a flat surface : laminar
a tabular crystal
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Natural language processing tasks like text classification and question answering are also represented, along with audio, tabular, and reinforcement learning (RL) models.
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Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024
In this case, Anthropic said Claude could now extract information from documents and use it to create tabular data in spreadsheets and other kinds of databases, or to automatically fill in forms.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024
Again, as always, Wiseman avoids tabular organization, moving instead through many scenes thematically arranged to comment on one another.
—David Denby, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
MongoDB’s legacy rivals — Microsoft MSFT +0.1% SQL Server, Oracle’s ORCL -0.3% Database, and IBM’s DB2 —use Structured Query Language to build tabular databases.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 17 July 2023
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Benj Edwards, Ars Technica, 26 Sep. 2024
In this case, Anthropic said Claude could now extract information from documents and use it to create tabular data in spreadsheets and other kinds of databases, or to automatically fill in forms.
—Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 30 May 2024
Again, as always, Wiseman avoids tabular organization, moving instead through many scenes thematically arranged to comment on one another.
—David Denby, The New Yorker, 1 Dec. 2023
MongoDB’s legacy rivals — Microsoft MSFT +0.1% SQL Server, Oracle’s ORCL -0.3% Database, and IBM’s DB2 —use Structured Query Language to build tabular databases.
—Peter Cohan, Forbes, 17 July 2023
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tabular
adjective
tab·u·lar
ˈtab-yə-lər
1
: having a flat surface
2
a
: arranged or entered in a table
b
: computed by means of a table
Medical Definition
tabular
adjective
tab·u·lar
ˈtab-yə-lər
: having the form of a thin plate or scale
a tabular crystal
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