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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': | |
| Definitions include: video log, running series of short videos posted online. | |
| Definitions include: features added to something to make it nicer, but which don't affect the core functionality. | |
| Definitions include: to test something before it is released or presented. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "age, sex, location." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I know, right?" | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "you know what I mean." | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "good game." | |
| Definitions include: used for commentary on something that has been overstated. | |
| Definitions include: "Internet BF", i.e. "Internet Boyfriend". | |
| Definitions include: the use of paid employees or contractors - or people who otherwise have a stake - to astroturf. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "I am not your lawyer". | |
| Definitions include: a tool that is very versatile but isn't easy to use. | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "cannot be unseen". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "got to go". | |
| Definitions include: acronym for "as far as I can see". | |
Other terms relating to 'unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'': | |
| Definitions include: The male or female genitalia. | |
| Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below. | |
| Definitions include: an unspecified thing. | |
| Definitions include: an item whose name one doesn't know or has forgotten. | |
| Definitions include: "shit". | |
| Definitions include: the noun senses of "crap" are mostly a subset of the uses of "shit." | |
| Definitions include: money. | |
| Definitions include: any object. | |
| Definitions include: swag received from a dentist's office. | |
| Definitions include: see do-hickey. | |
| Definitions include: tattoo. | |
| Definitions include: replacement name for an object when one can't remember the object's name. | |
| Definitions include: to stare at a person in an aggressive way. | |
| Definitions include: alternate spelling of thingies. | |
| 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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| Definitions include: to drink a great amount of alcohol in a single setting, rather than to drink less but over a longer period of time. | |
| Definitions include: to pass something graded (e.g. a test, a course) with excellent grades. | |
| Definitions include: so furiously angry about something or at someone that you will crash through anything that gets in your way; having a dishes throwing, furniture tossing temper tantrum; going on a rampage. | |
| Definitions include: to pretend to be something that you are not or pretend to have something that you don't. | |
| Definitions include: To eat quickly. | |
| Definitions include: when the scope of a project keeps expanding. | |
| Definitions include: to ignore. | |
| Definitions include: li'lun is a slang word for a child, or youngster. | |
| Definitions include: something. | |
| Definitions include: abbreviation for the phrase, also slang, for sure |
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