Widget

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Widget may refer to:

Technology

Computing

• Software widget, a generic type of software application comprising portable code intended for one or more different software platforms
  • Window widget, a control element (sometimes called a control or widget) in a graphical user interface is 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
• 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

Arts and entertainment

• Widget (Marvel Comics), a Marvel Comics character
• Widget (TV series) or Widget the World Watcher, a 1990s animated television series
  • Widget (video game), based on the TV series

See also

• All pages with a title containing Widget
• Widget (economics)
• Widget Workshop, a science-based computer game developed by Maxis
• The MediaWiki Widgets extension and related widget collections