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How do I get the doohickey onto the thingamabob if the widget's out of whack?
by Nulinvoid on September 20th, 2006
What's your favorite (Yahoo/Google) Widget?
by Hellaphunt is Wonderful on May 8th, 2007
Where do all these strange computer terms come from,hacking,widgets,cookies,etc.Also do you know anymore unusual terms?
by jin jang on August 20th, 2007
I want to start my own website, maybe an eCommerce site with networking capabilities, should I use a web host? I'm pretty good at CSS and HTML stuff, maybe I could just use widgets...should I use a web host?
by mistress_9 on November 4th, 2007
Widgets
Overview of noun widget
The noun widget has 2 senses (no senses from tagged texts)
1. doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis, widget -- (something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known; "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use")
2. appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo, widget -- (a device or control that is very useful for a particular job)