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1. widget
   (from the article `Computers and Information Systems`) Widgets were a widely used type of Internet-based consumer software, particularly on social networking sites. In their simplest form, widgets ... ...profile. More advanced SNSs enabled members to enhance their profiles with audio and video clips, and some opened their software sourc...
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2. Widget
   The term widget generally applies to a manufactured contrivance. More recently the term has been specifically applied to a device added to beer cans and glasses for the generation and maintenance of the froth at the top of the beer, the head.
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3. Widget
   Widget is slang for a device, a small contraption, an unnamed product.
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4. Widget
   Widget is slang for a device, a small contraption, an unnamed product.
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5. 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 interfac...
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6. Widget
   We get the word Widget by combining Window and Gadget. A widget is a screen based control that is used to interact with a website or other systems. Widgets can be buttons, selection lists, sliders, etc. The Nokia Widset service connects to various websites to obtain updates via RSS, using a Widget interface.
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7. Widget
   (Marvel Comics) image= --> `Widget`, alias `Katherine "Kate" Anne Pryde-Rasputin` is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe. The character was later revealed to be an older, alternate version of `Shadowcat` (`Katherine "Kitty" Anne Pryde`), from the Days of Future Pa...
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8. Widget
   (TV series) `Widget, the World Watcher` is an animated television series which debuted in -tall-->, purple alien from the Horsehead Nebula named `Widget` who could shapeshift (usually by spinning like a top into different forms, in early episodes he seems to still be getting used to hi...
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9. Widget
   (video game) `Widget` was an action-platforming video game series created for the Nintendo Entertainment System in the 1990s, developed and published by Atlus. It was based on the cartoon series Widget the World Watcher, starring a purple alien named Widget who has the unique ab...
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10. Widget
    (beer) A `widget` is a device placed in a container of beer to manage the characteristics of the beer`s head. The original widget was patented in Ireland by Guinness. The "floating widget" is found in cans of beer as a hollow plastic sphere, 3 cm in diameter (similar in appearance t...
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11. Widget
    (economics) The word `widget` is a placeholder name for an object or, more specifically, a mechanical or other manufactured device. It is an abstract unit of production. The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "An indefinite name for a gadget or mechanical contri...
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