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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.