widget
noun/ˈwɪdʒɪt/
/ˈwɪdʒɪt/
- (informal) used to refer to any small device that you do not know the name of
- (business) a product that does not exist, used as an example of a typical product
- Company A produces two million widgets a year.
- Calculate the profit per widget.
- (computing) a small box on a computer screen that delivers changing information, such as news items or weather reports, while the rest of the page remains the same
- widgets include search boxes, weather guides, pop-up windows and drop-down lists
- The widget is a link to the latest news headlines.
Word Origin1930s (originally US): perhaps an alteration of gadget.
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