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.  [poss.:  evoking  `window gadget'] A user interface object in {X}
   graphical user interfaces.

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