isn't a widget something that you put in beer?

[Mass_Liberal]

or am I confused. Its for an english project.

[quinnox]

1. Not sure

i thought widget was an euphemism (sp?) for any odd object that doesn't have a name.

[EstimatedProphet]

2. A widget is a fictional product

used for demonstration purposes in thought experiemnts and problem solving, like "Factory X produces widgets at 35/hour..."etc.

[Mass_Liberal]

3. dammit

[DS1]

4. You might be thinking of the device Guinness uses to

store nitrogen in the can, I think they call it something similar to 'widget' in concept.

[IronLionZion]

7. yep its the famous rocket widget for the bottles

and widget for the cans. used for creating head when poured

[Spider Jerusalem]

5. Draught Guinness in cans has a "widget" in it...

that dispenses nitrogen gas when the can is opened. Or at least that's what they call it. That might be what you're thinking of.

[Doug Decker]

6. A "Widget" is an imaginary product

used in Accounting to allow students to do analysis.

[Florida_Geek]

8. Well to computer Geeks....

http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213364,00.html

1) In general, widget (pronounced WIH-jit) is a term used to refer to any discrete object, usually of some mechanical nature and relatively small size, when it doesn't have a name, when you can't remember the name, or when you're talking about a class of certain unknown objects in general. (According to Eric Raymond, "legend has it that the original widgets were holders for buggy whips," but this was possibly written tongue-in-cheek.)
2) In computers, a widget is an element of a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays information or provides a specific way for a user to interact with the operating system and application. Widgets include icons, pull-down menus, buttons, selection boxes, progress indicators, on-off checkmarks, scroll bars, windows, window edges (that let you resize the window), toggle buttons, forms, and many other devices for displaying information and for inviting, accepting, and responding to user actions.

In programming, a widget also means the small program that is written in order to describe what a particular widget looks like, how it behaves, and how it interacts in response to user actions. Most operating systems include a set of ready-to-tailor widgets that a programmer can incorporate in an application, specifying how it is to behave. New widgets can be created. The term was apparently applied first in Unix-based operating systems and the X Window System. In object-oriented programming (OOP), each type of widget is defined as a class (or a subclass under a broad generic widget class) and is always associated with a particular window. In the AIX Enhanced X-Window Toolkit, a widget is the fundamental data type.

Most if not all application development languages today, such as Java and Tool Command Language, come with a ready-made library of widgets that a programmer can incorporate and modify. Using Microsoft's Visual Basic, a widget can be implemented as or part of an ActiveX control.

[HornBuckler]

9. Reminds Me Of Back To School

With Rodney Dangerfield -

Rodney "What's The Product?"

Profes "It Doesn't Matter. Let's Call Them Widgets"

Rodney "Tell That To The Bank"