widget

4 definitions found

widget - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  widget
      n 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,
           doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo,
           gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob,
           thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy,
           whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget]
      2: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
         [syn: appliance, contraption, contrivance,
         convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget]

widget - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  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]
  

widget - Jargon File (4.4.4, 14 Aug 2003) :

  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.
  

widget - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  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