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?
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- 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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workaround	Definitions include: a method of accomplishing something that is otherwise prevented due to a bug.
interweb	Definitions include: "internet."
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techie	Definitions include: a person proficient in technology.
lobotomy	Definitions include: the act of removing the CPU from a computer in order to perform a replacement or upgrade.
IYDLIGTFO	Definitions include: acronym for "if you don't like it, get the fuck out".
RTM	Definitions include: acronym for "read the manual".
bogosity	Definitions include: the level to which something is bogus.
kthxbai	Definitions include: "okay, thanks, 'bye".
ITIGBS	Definitions include: acronym for "I think I'm going [to] be sick" or "I think I'm gonna be sick".
link farm	Definitions include: a website with little or no content, consisting of mostly (or entirely) links to other websites.
PITA	Definitions include: acronym of "pain in the ass."
IANAMD	Definitions include: acronym for "I am not a medical doctor".
BBS	Definitions include: acronym for "bulletin board system".
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Other terms relating to 'unspecified item(s), 'stuff', 'thing(s)'':
jizz	Definitions include: stuff.
bad boy	Definitions include: generic term for a specific object; "thing".
mug	Definitions include: to stare at a person in an aggressive way.
thangies	Definitions include: alternate spelling of thingies.
jobbie	Definitions include: thing.
doohickey	Definitions include: see do-hickey.
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this and that	Definitions include: assorted things.
foo	Definitions include: colloquial pronunciation of fool.
odds and ends	Definitions include: miscellaneous things.
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.
dental swag	Definitions include: swag received from a dentist's office.
what-cha-ma-call-it	Definitions include: an item whose name one doesn't know or has forgotten.
jobber	Definitions include: a "professional wrestler" who loses matches so as to build up a featured wrestler's win/loss record and crowd appeal.
*btch**	Definitions include: An acronym has been invented for the term, but long after the term entered use: "Beautiful Intellectuals That Cause Hard-ons."
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jump the shark	Definitions include: when a TV series passes its peak.
turkey	Definitions include: in bowling, three strikes in a row.
big deal	Definitions include: sarcastic interjection to espouse one's belief that the subject isn't a big deal.
D&B	Definitions include: acronym for "dick and balls".
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senioritis	Definitions include: burnout or simple laziness experienced during the final year of school before graduation.
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mte	Definitions include: Acronym for "My Thoughts Exactly".
set-out	Definitions include: a female who allows gang-bangs with random guys.
laugh	Definitions include: something funny.