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gadget
(1) Pronounced "gah-jit," slang for any hardware device, typically small. Synonymous with "gizmo." (2) A mini app that stays on screen to provide quick functionality. Search box, clock,...
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Definition: gadget
(1) Pronounced "gah-jit," slang for any hardware device, typically small. Synonymous with "gizmo."
(2) A mini app that stays on screen to provide quick functionality. Search box, clock, weather, calculator and stock market gadgets are typical examples. The gadget may be static, such as a calculator, that requires input from the user, or be "live" and changing such as the weather and stock market.
Gadgets are available for Windows desktops, starting with Vista, the Google Desktop and the personal home pages of Windows Live and iGoogle. Gadgets are called "widgets" ("wih-jit") on smartphones, tablets, the Mac desktop and Yahoo personal home pages. See widget, Sidebar, Google Desktop and iGoogle.
Gadgets
Gadgets provide useful functions that are either always available on the desktop or that can be instantly called up as a group.
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