Widget

Widget may refer to:

• Widget (economics), a placeholder name for an abstract unit of production, such as manufactured device or other product

Technology

Computing

• Software widget, a generic type of software application comprising portable code intended for one or more different software platforms
  • Widget (GUI), a control element in a graphical user interface – an element of interaction, such as a button or a scroll bar.
  • Widget toolkit, a software library containing a collection of GUI widgets that collaborate when used in the construction of applications
  • Web widget, an applet intended to be used within web pages
  • The MediaWiki Widgets extension and related widget collections
• Widget drive, a hard drive used only in the Apple Lisa computer system

Other technologies

• Widget (beer), a device placed in cans and bottles of beer to aid in the generation of froth
• E-9A Widget, a turboprop airliner

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Marketing===

An item given away or sold for a nominal charge to incentiize purchases

Arts and entertainment

• Widget (Marvel Comics), a comic book character, an alternate version of Shadowcat from the Days of Future Past timeline
• Widget (TV series) or Widget the World Watcher, a 1990s animated television series
  • Widget (video game), based on the TV series
• Widget, a character on the cartoon Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!

See also

• Widget Workshop, a science-based computer game developed by Maxis
• All pages with a title containing widget