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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Other terms relating to 'computer slang':
crack	Definitions include: something that is so exceptionally good or fun it could be as addictive as crack (i.e. crack cocaine).
footprint	Definitions include: the typical amount of computing resources taken up by a computer program.
nastygram	Definitions include: any email that is unpleasant in tone or content.
tickle a bug	Definitions include: to cause a software or hardware bug to become evident.
friend	Definitions include: on a social networking website, to add someone to one's list of friends.
E-bling	Definitions include: An aggregate grouping or series of stylized printings, fonts, icons, emoticons, avatars, proverbs, etc., usually found at the end of an e-mail message uniquely identifying and personifying the sender.
/s	Definitions include: used at the end of text-based communication to indicate that the content was sarcastic.
HLW	Definitions include: acronym for "hot like wasabi", i.e. of an Asian female, attractive.
CTFU	Definitions include: acronym for "crack the fuck up".
coaster	Definitions include: to ruin writable optical media via a write ("burn") attempt which fails.
GFY	Definitions include: acronym for "go fuck yourself".
IFLY	Definitions include: acronym for "I fucking love you" or "I freaking love you".
BRB	Definitions include: acronym for "Be right back", as in, "I will return soon."
griefer	Definitions include: a person who causes others great distress for personal satisfaction, usually in computer games.
TBH	Definitions include: "to be honest".
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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.
*sht**	Definitions include: Most uses of "shit" also work with "crap", except where noted below.
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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make the beast with two backs	Definitions include: to have sex.
big wig	Definitions include: an important person.
batch mode	Definitions include: a "mode" of human operating in which a collection of similar, unpleasant tasks are performed in one sitting.
orgy	Definitions include: sex involving more than 2 people.
joker	Definitions include: light insult.
vulture	Definitions include: to take advantage of someone while they're in a severely altered state, especially heavily under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol.
baby maker	Definitions include: a penis.
AAB	Definitions include: acronym for "assault and battery".
ghoul	Definitions include: A type of concern-troll who mentions dead friends, relatives, as an emotional distraction to the central issues under discussion.
where TF	Definitions include: "where the fuck".