A tablist (role="tablist") holds tab buttons (role="tab"), each pointing at its panel (role="tabpanel") via aria-controls. Most implementations use "automatic activation" — moving focus with arrow keys switches content immediately, with no separate Enter press.
It's easy to confuse with a segmented control. Tabs read as navigation that swaps an entire content area, typically anchored to the top of a container with an underline indicator. A segmented control looks like a pill-shaped button group and usually toggles a state — sort order, view mode — within the same screen rather than replacing content wholesale.
Keyboard: left/right arrows move between tabs (roving tabindex — only the active tab has tabindex="0"), Home/End jump to the first/last tab.