Widget

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Widget is a general-purpose term, or placeholder name, for any unspecified device, including those that have not yet been invented.

Widget may also refer to the following:

It was originally used by Roald Dahl to describe a male gremlin.
Widget (aerospace), a mascot for Aramadillo Aerospace
Widget (beer), the nitrogen widget in cans and bottles of beer
Widget (computing), a component of a graphical user interface that the user interacts with
Widget (comics), a character in Marvel Comics
Widget (cartoon), a character from the early 1990s, in Widget, the World Watcher
In economics a 'widget' is any unspecified material good which is a tangible thing produced through labor (extracted, refined, manufactured, or assembled) from a finite material resource set, in contrast to a 'Shmoo' which is a tangible thing/being that reproduces itself and is captured or bred as an economic activity (the original Shmoo reproduces without requiring any material sustenance.)
The New York World Journal Tribune. The initials WJT gave rise to the nickname "the Widget".
The brand name of a small, razor-edged scraping tool. When the tool was introduced in the 1980s, an advertising campaign incorporated the tagline "What's a Widget?"
The blue chevron over a red triangle that serves as a logo for Delta Air Lines is known as the Delta Widget.

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