meaning of widget

1. 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] wi-fi Either of two different incompatible radio-based LAN protocols, namely 802. 11b which speaks DSSS at 2. 4GHz and 802. 11a which speaks OFDM at 5GHz. The term was invented by the marketing departments of wi-fi equipment manufacturers. It is, notionally, short for "wireless fidelity", on the analogy of hi-fi for "high fidelity" audio.
2. a device that is very useful for a particular job

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