Widget
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Widget may refer to:
- Widget (economics), a placeholder name for an object or, more specifically, a mechanical or other manufactured device
- Widget (beer), a small bead-like device placed in the bottom of cans and bottles of beer to aid in the generation of froth
- Widget (comics), a character in Marvel Comics
- Widget (Ryman Comics), Sidekick in Famous Comic Series "The Adventures of Ryman"
- Widget (TV series), a 1990s limited television series
- Nickname of the New York World Journal Tribune, a defunct newspaper
- Widget (video game), a 1992 NES game developed by Atlus Co.
- Widget UK, a UK based personal electronics distributor
- Widget drive, a proprietary hard drive developed by Apple Computer used only in the Apple Lisa computer system.
- USAF E-9A Widget
In computing, the term has become frequently used to refer to objects on a computer screen the user interacts with:
- Widget engine, a software system for running applets on the web, desktop or mobile phone
- GUI widget, a component of a graphical user interface with which a user interacts
- Widget toolkit, a software library containing a collection of GUI widgets that collaborate when used in the construction of applications
- Web widget, a physically-inspired applet on the web
[edit] See also
- Widget Workshop, a science-based computer game developed by Maxis
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