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widget
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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.