widget

widget
An example of something manufactured. In a 1950's movie starring Rock Hudson and Doris Day, widgets were advertised to the point that the entire country was anxiously awaiting the production and arrival of widgets. Only problem was, there were no widgets. It was just a concept. This word is often used when lay people and educators alike discuss business marketing strategy and marketing theory.

Let's say, for example, you want to make and market widgets,...


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  • widget — wid‧get [ˈwɪdʒt] noun [countable] informal 1. any small piece of equipment, used especially to talk about something that you do not know the name of: • Rear view mirrors are just the kind of widget that car makers could easily buy from cheap… …   Financial and business terms

  • widget — gadget, small manufactured item, c.1920, Amer.Eng., probably an alteration of GADGET (Cf. gadget), perhaps based on which it …   Etymology dictionary

  • widget — [n] gadget apparatus, appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doodad*, doohickey*, gizmo*, invention, object, thing*, thingamabob*, thingamajig*, tool, whatchamacallit*; concepts 463,499 …   New thesaurus

  • widget — ► NOUN informal ▪ a small gadget or mechanical device. ORIGIN perhaps an alteration of GADGET(Cf. ↑gadgetry) …   English terms dictionary

  • widget — ☆ widget [wij′it ] n. [altered < GADGET] any small, unspecified gadget or device, esp. one that is hypothetical …   English World dictionary

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  • Widget uk — [http://www.widget.com Widget UK Ltd] is a distributor of handheld computers and accessories, which was listed in both 2006 and 2007 in the Sunday Times Fast Track 100 of the UK’s fastest growing private companies. [cite web title = Fast Track… …   Wikipedia

  • Widget — En informática, un widget es una pequeña aplicación o programa, usualmente presentado en archivos o ficheros pequeños que son ejecutados por un motor de widgets o Widget Engine. Entre sus objetivos están dar fácil acceso a funciones… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Widget — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Sur les autres projets Wikimedia : « Widget », sur le Wiktionnaire (dictionnaire universel) Widget est une contraction des mots window et… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Widget — Кросс платформенный редактор элементов интерфейса Qt designer Элементы интерфейса  примитивы графического интерфейса пользователя, имеющие стандартный внешний вид и выполняющие стандартные действия. Известны также под именем виджеты (англ.… …   Википедия

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