widget

widget
    n 1: something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not
         known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its
         socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the
         corner that you will want to use" [syn: {doodad},
         {doohickey}, {doojigger}, {gimmick}, {gizmo}, {gismo},
         {gubbins}, {thingamabob}, {thingumabob}, {thingmabob},
         {thingamajig}, {thingumajig}, {thingmajig}, {thingummy},
         {whatchamacallit}, {whatchamacallum}, {whatsis}, {widget}]
    2: a device or control that is very useful for a particular job
       [syn: {appliance}, {contraption}, {contrivance},
       {convenience}, {gadget}, {gizmo}, {gismo}, {widget}]
    

widget
 n.

   1. A meta-thing. Used to stand for a real object in didactic examples
   (especially database tutorials). Legend has it that the original
   widgets were holders for buggy whips. "But suppose the parts list for
   a widget has 52 entries...."

   2. [poss.: evoking `window gadget'] A user interface object in {X}
   graphical user interfaces.
    

widget

   1. A meta-thing.  Used to stand for a real object in didactic
   examples (especially database tutorials).  Legend has it that
   the original widgets were holders for buggy whips.  "But
   suppose the parts list for a widget has 52 entries..."

   2. [possibly evoking "window gadget"] In graphical user
   interfaces, a combination of a graphic symbol and some program
   code to perform a specific function.  E.g. a scroll-bar or
   button.  Windowing systems usually provide widget libraries
   containing commonly used widgets drawn in a certain style and
   with consistent behaviour.

   [{Jargon File}]
    

38 Moby Thesaurus words for "widget":
      affair, article, artifact, concern, dingus, dofunny, dohickey,
      dojigger, dojiggy, domajig, domajigger, doodad, dowhacky, eppes,
      etwas, flumadiddle, gadget, gigamaree, gimmick, gizmo, hickey,
      hootenanny, hootmalalie, jigger, material thing, object,
      quelque chose, something, thing, thingum, thingumabob, thingumadad,
      thingumadoodle, thingumajig, thingumajigger, thingumaree,
      thingummy, whatchy