Widget

4 definitions found

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  widget
       n : a device that is very useful for a particular job [syn: {appliance},
            {contraption}, {contrivance}, {convenience}, {gadget}, {gizmo},
            {gismo}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:



  38 Moby Thesaurus words for "widget":
     affair, article, artifact, concern, dingus, dofunny, dohickey,
     dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, eppes,
     etwas, flumadiddle, gadget, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo, hickey,
     hootenanny, hootmalalie, jigger, material thing, object,
     quelque chose, something, thing, thingum, thingumabob, thingumadad,
     thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree,
     thingummy, whatchy
  
  

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  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.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  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.
       
          [{Jargon File}]