widget

(wĭj'ĭt)
n.

1. A small mechanical device or control; a gadget.
2. An unnamed or hypothetical manufactured article.
3. 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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symbolic American gadget, used wherever a hypothetical product is needed to illustrate a manufacturing or selling concept.

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noun

A small specialized mechanical device: concern, contraption, contrivance, gadget, gimmick, jigger, thing. Informal doodad, doohickey. Slang gizmo. See machine.

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.

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For a list of words related to widget, see:

• Machinery and Mechanical Devices - widget: small mechanical device or gadget, esp. one whose name cannot be recalled
• Foolishness, Bunkum, and Trifles

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See words rhyming with "widget."

Dansk (Danish)
n. - dingenot, dims, indretning

Nederlands (Dutch)
ding

Français (French)
n. - bidule (hum), petite pièce

Deutsch (German)
n. - (ugs.) Apparat, Gerät

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - μαραφέτι

Italiano (Italian)
aggeggio

Português (Portuguese)
n. - pequeno dispositivo mecânico (m)

Русский (Russian)
штуковина, механическое приспособление

Español (Spanish)
n. - dispositivo mecánico, adminículo, chisme

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - hypotetisk produkt

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
小器具, 装饰品

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 小器具, 裝飾品

한국어 (Korean)
n. - (이름을 모르거나 생각나지 않는) 작은 장치, (어떤 회사의 대표) 제품

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 小型装置, 仕掛け, 規格品

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) عدة, استنباط‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮המצאה/אביזר כלשהם, פטנט‬

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