Talk:Widget (computing)
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Does anyone know anything about the origins of the word Widget? I have seen the term 'wisket' meaning a gadget used in a note about turning lathes. This was in the MS notebooks of Simon Goodrich, mechanician to the [British] Navy Board at the beginning of the C19. I think its London area technical slang Apwoolrich 19:49, 1 Jul 2004 (UTC)
- It's a contraction of "window gadget", AFAIK.