Define the word widget"widget" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"
widget
n : a device that is very useful for a particular job [syn: appliance,
contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo,
gismo]
"widget" moby-thes "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
"widget" jargon "Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001)"
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" foldoc "The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)"
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]
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