Gizmo
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Gizmo is a placeholder name for any small technological item. Compare gadget, widget, thingamajig, and blobject.
Gizmo may refer specifically to:
In technology:
- The Gizmo or "Gizmotron", an effect unit for the electric guitar
- Gizmo key, found on certain flutes
- Gizmo Project, a peer-to-peer Internet telephony and instant messaging software application
- Gizmondo, a handheld gaming console
- Gizmo, an OpenGL compiler used in Wavemetrics IGOR Pro software
- Your Latest Tech Gadget & Gizmo News Feed - Latest Gadget
In entertainment:
- Gizmo Williams, a former kick returner in Canadian Football
- Gadgets and Gizmos, a Canadian television show about technological devices
- The Gizmos, a 1970s proto-punk band from Indiana
- DJ Gizmo, a Dutch hardcore/hardstyle DJ/producer
- Gizmo (band), a Swedish trip-hop and acid jazz duo that recorded for Clean Up Records and under the name Ipcress appeared on the Totally Wired Sweden compilation album
- Gizmo!, a 1977 documentary film directed by Howard Smith.
In fiction:
- Gizmo (comics), a member of the H.I.V.E. Five in the Teen Titans animated series
- Gizmo Duck, a character in the DuckTales series
- Gizmo (comic book), a 1986 comic book series created by Michael Dooney
- Gizmo, a character in the films Gremlins and Gremlins 2: The New Batch
- Don Gizmo, a character in the Fallout computer game
In business:
- Gizmo (Business), is an Australian company providing phone and onsite computer support
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Gizmo can also be used as a word when the word user would wish to use an interesting/weird word or when she/he has nothing better to say. It can be substituted for words such as doohicky and thingamajigg.
