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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.

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