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Widget may refer to: * Widget, a male child of a gremlin. *
Widget (beer) A widget is a device placed in a container of beer to manage the characteristics of the beer's Beer head, head. The original widget was patented in Ireland by Guinness. The "floating widget" is found in cans of beer as a hollow plastic sphere, ap ...
, a device placed in cans and bottles of beer to aid in the generation of froth *
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 gadge ...
, a placeholder name for an unnamed, unspecified, or hypothetical manufactured good or product *
Software widget A software widget is a relatively simple and easy-to-use software application or software component, component made for one or more different software platforms. A Desk accessories, desk accessory or applet is an example of a simple, Standalone ...
, a generic type of software application comprising portable code intended for one or more different software platforms **
Widget (GUI) A graphical widget (also graphical control element or control) in a graphical user interface is an element of interaction, such as a button or a scroll bar. Controls are software components that a computer user interacts with through direct ...
, an element of interaction in a graphical user interface, such as a button or a scroll bar **
Widget toolkit A widget toolkit, widget library, GUI toolkit, or UX library is a library (computing), library or a collection of libraries containing a set of graphical control elements (called ''widgets'') used to construct the graphical user interface (GUI) of ...
, a software library containing a collection of GUI widgets that collaborate when used in the construction of applications **
Web widget A web widget is a web page or web application that is embedded as an element of a host web page but which is substantially independent of the host page, having limited or no interaction with the host. A web widget commonly provides users of t ...
, an applet intended to be used within web pages *
E-9A Widget The Bombardier E-9A Widget is an American telemetry support and surveillance plane in service with the United States Air Force. It is used as an airborne platform and telemetry relay aircraft providing ocean surface surveillance for range safety ...
, a turboprop airliner *
Widget (Marvel Comics) Katherine Anne "Kitty" Pryde is a character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics, commonly in association with the X-Men. The character First appearance, first appeared in ''The Uncanny X-Men'' #129 (January 1980) and was ...
, 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 ''
Wow! Wow! Wubbzy! ''Wow! Wow! Wubbzy!'' is an American animated children's educational television series created by Bob Boyle for Nickelodeon. The series was produced by Bolder Media (a joint venture of Frederator Studios and the Mixed Media Group) and Star ...
'' cartoon * Widget, a character on the ''
Cyberchase ''Cyberchase'' is an animated series, animated science fantasy children's television series that airs on PBS Kids. The series centers around three children from Earth: Jackie, Matt and Inez, who are brought into Cyberspace, a digital universe, i ...
'' cartoon * Widget drive, a hard drive used only in the
Apple Lisa Lisa is a desktop computer developed by Apple, produced from January 19, 1983, to August 1, 1986, and succeeded by Macintosh. It is generally considered the first mass-market personal computer operable through a graphical user interface (GUI). I ...
computer system * ''The Widget'', nickname of ''
New York World Journal Tribune The ''New York World Journal Tribune'' (''WJT'') was an evening daily newspaper published in New York City from September 1966 until May 1967. The ''World Journal Tribune'' represented an attempt to save the heritages of several historic New Y ...
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See also

* '' Widget Workshop'', a science-based computer game developed by Maxis * The MediaWiki Widgets extension * {{disambiguation