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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]
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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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.
Based on the Online Dictionary of Computing [Computer_Dictionary]:
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