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used to refer to any small device that you do not know the name of （不知名的）小器物，小装置，小玩意儿 - (
business 商业 a product that does not exist, used as an example of a typical product 典型产品（并不真实存在，作计算之用） Company A produces two million widgets a year. A 公司年产 200 万件产品。 Calculate the profit per widget. 计算每个小部件的利润。
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computing 计算机 a small box on a computer screen that delivers changing information, such as news items or weather reports, while the rest of the page remains the same 微件，挂件（电脑屏幕上显示不时更新的信息的小窗口） widgets include search boxes, weather guides, pop-up windows and drop-down lists 小部件包括搜索框、天气指南、弹出窗口和下拉列表 The widget is a link to the latest news headlines. 这个小部件是最新新闻标题的链接。
Word Origin1930s (originally US): perhaps an alteration of gadget.