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widg⋅et

  [wij-it]
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–noun
1. a small mechanical device, as a knob or switch, esp. one whose name is not known or cannot be recalled; gadget: a row of widgets on the instrument panel.
2. something considered typical or representative, as of a manufacturer's products: the widgets coming off the assembly line.
Origin:
1925–30; perh. alter. of gadget
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widg·et   (wĭj'ĭt)   
n.  
  1. A small mechanical device or control; a gadget.
  2. An unnamed or hypothetical manufactured article.
    1. An element of a GUI, such as a text box or button, that displays information or settings that can be entered or altered by the user.
    2. A program that performs some simple function, such as providing a weather report or stock quote, and can be accessed from a computer desktop, webpage, mobile phone or subscription television service.

[Perhaps alteration of gadget.]
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Main Entry:  widget
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  an element of a graphical user interface such as a button or scroll bar; also, a module of software for a personalized Web page
Example:  The widget allows you to have "things to be happy about" on your Web site.
Etymology:  1987
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widget

n.
1. A meta-thing. Used to stand for a real object in didactic examples (especially database tutorials). Legend has it that the original widgets were holders for buggy whips. "But suppose the parts list for a widget has 52 entries...."
2. [poss. evoking `window gadget'] A user interface object in X graphical user interfaces.
Jargon File 4.2.0
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widget 
"gadget, small manufactured item," c.1920, Amer.Eng., probably an alteration of gadget, perhaps based on which it.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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widget
1. A meta-thing. Used to stand for a real object in didactic examples (especially database tutorials). Legend has it that the original widgets were holders for buggy whips. "But suppose the parts list for a widget has 52 entries..."
2. [possibly evoking "window gadget"] In graphical user interfaces, a combination of a graphic symbol and some program code to perform a specific function. E.g. a scroll-bar or button. Windowing systems usually provide widget libraries containing commonly used widgets drawn in a certain style and with consistent behaviour.
[The Jargon File]

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