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The vertical column in a Periodic Table is called "The Group" and there are 8 groups in the periodic table, I through O or VIII.
They are called Groups or sometimes Families. For many the periodic table has 8 groups but when you also include the transition metals, then there are 18 groups which gives you a better understanding when you are working out the electron arrangement within the atom's structure.

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