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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>widget</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../W.html" title="W"/><link rel="previous" href="WIBNI.html" title="WIBNI"/><link rel="next" href="wiggles.html" title="wiggles"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">widget</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="WIBNI.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">W</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="wiggles.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="widget"/><dt xmlns="" id="widget"><b>widget</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> 1. A meta-thing. Used to stand for a real object in didactic
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examples (especially database tutorials). Legend has it that the original
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widgets were holders for buggy whips. “<span class="quote">But suppose the parts list
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for a widget has 52 entries....</span>”</p></dd><dd><p> 2. [poss.: evoking ‘window gadget’] A user interface
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object in <a href="../X/X.html"><i class="glossterm">X</i></a> graphical user interfaces.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="WIBNI.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../W.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="wiggles.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">WIBNI </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> wiggles</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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