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Definition 2024
widget
widget
English
Noun
widget (plural widgets)
- A placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product.
- Suppose we have a widget factory that produces 100 units per year...
- Portable code that can be easily installed and executed by an end user.
- A floating device inside a beer can, meant to create foam when opened.
- A small scraping tool consisting of a blade and a handle, commonly used to remove paint from glass and other smooth surfaces
Synonyms
- (unspecified manufactured good): thingy, gizmo, sprocket; see also Wikisaurus:thingy
- (scraping tool): scraper
Translations
unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product
floating widget or other device inside a beer can
small scraping tool
Etymology 2
Borrowed as a shortened form of “window gadget”
Noun
widget (plural widgets)
- (computing, graphical user interface) Any one of the components of a computer application's graphical user interface, such as a Cancel button or text input box that a user interacts with.
Synonyms
- (GUI): control
Translations
component of a graphical user interface that the user interacts with