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 coil-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 (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.
• Nickname of the delta-shaped logo used by Delta Air Lines
• The name of the fictional currency used in the Bionicle universe

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
• Widget drive, a proprietary hard drive developed by Apple Computer used only in the Apple Lisa computer system.
• 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, an obscure science-based computer game developed by Maxis
• Widget uk, A UK based personal electronics distributor

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