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Webster's New Millennium™ Dictionary of English - Cite This Source - Share This

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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widg·et

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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 Audio Help (wĭj'ĭt) Pronunciation Key
n.

A small mechanical device or control; a gadget.
An unnamed or hypothetical manufactured article.

[Perhaps alteration of gadget.]

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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
widget

"gadget, small manufactured item," c.1920, Amer.Eng., probably an alteration of gadget, perhaps based on which it.

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widget
noun
1.	something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use" [syn: doodad]
2.	a device or control that is very useful for a particular job [syn: appliance]

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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.
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