Definition of widget

widget

noun

a single element in a graphical user interface. For example: a button, tab, or text entry box. Possibly from "WIndow gaDGET."
These widgets will all be aligned horizontally.

Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.
a thing. Used to stand in for a real object, which may or may not have a name.
Well, how long do we have to patent the widget?
- See more words with the same meaning: computer slang.
- See more words with the same meaning: unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'.
Last edited on Nov 11 2011. Submitted by WalterGR (via TheJargonFile) on Sep 28 2009.

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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':
pwd	Definitions include: "password."
Windoze	Definitions include: pejorative name for Microsoft Windows.
nope	Definitions include: "no".
link rot	Definitions include: the breakage of links on the web as their targets disappear.
chrome	Definitions include: hot or fine.
IKR	Definitions include: acronym for "I know, right?"
BFFL	Definitions include: acronym for "best friend(s) for life".
fry	Definitions include: to be under the influence of drugs.
beermat	Definitions include: unwanted optical media (e.g. CDs) received as junk mail.
l8r	Definitions include: "later".
blog	Definitions include: a chronologically-ordered collection of articles, posted to the world-wide web, about any topic.
gender bender	Definitions include: a male who acts like a female or vice versa.
beta	Definitions include: marijuana.
ITT	Definitions include: acronym for "in this thread".
ASLR	Definitions include: acronym for "age, sex, location, religion".
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Other terms relating to 'unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'':
stuff	Definitions include: The male or female genitalia.
*sht**	Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below.
doodad	Definitions include: an unspecified thing.
what-cha-ma-call-it	Definitions include: an item whose name one doesn't know or has forgotten.
shiznut	Definitions include: "shit".
crap	Definitions include: the noun senses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit."
cheddar	Definitions include: money.
her	Definitions include: any object.
dental swag	Definitions include: swag received from a dentist's office.
doohickey	Definitions include: see do-hickey.
tat	Definitions include: tattoo.
whatchamadingy	Definitions include: replacement name for an object when one can't remember the object's name.
mug	Definitions include: to stare at a person in an aggressive way.
thangies	Definitions include: alternate spelling of thingies.
thing-a-majig	Definitions include: replacement name for an object whose name one doesn't know, has forgotten, can't recall at the moment, or can't be bothered to name.
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Slang terms with the same root words

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shotgun wedding	Definitions include: Used in South African slang to describe a wedding where the woman is pregnant.
what the heck	Definitions include: See the heck.
head buster	Definitions include: A trill ass gangsta ass person; someone who's a fighter and will fight with no questions asked
snafu	Definitions include: Acronym for "situation normal, all fucked up."
aboot	Definitions include: Canadian pronunciation of "about".
cushion for the pushing	Definitions include: fat.
drain (one's) lizard	Definitions include: to urinate.
*dck smack**	Definitions include: general derogatory term; "dick".
ghetto ho	Definitions include: a ghetto ho, i.e. a low-class promiscuous female.
top heavy	Definitions include: large breasted.