widgets
Generic product examples
A widget is a small mechanical device or component, often unnamed or generic: The factory produces widgets and other parts.
In computing, widgets are interactive elements in a user interface—buttons, sliders, scroll bars.
The word often serves as a placeholder in business examples: If we sell a thousand widgets at ten dollars each...
Widget suggests something manufactured, functional, and unremarkable.
Nameless mechanical device
- deviceConstructed tool or machine
- contraptionImprovised or odd mechanism
- doohickeyPlaceholder word for objects
- thingamajigPlaceholder for unnamed objects
whatchamacallit · doodad · apparatus · trinket · novelty · knickknack · gewgaw · gimcrack
Mobile software, briefly
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- pluginsInstallable software modules
- extensionsAdditions that lengthen
- dashboardsVehicle information panels
notifications · icons · buttons · sliders · toggles · checkboxes · dropdowns · toolbars
gizmo
Nameless mechanical device
- deviceConstructed tool or machine
- contraptionImprovised or odd mechanism
- doohickeyPlaceholder word for objects
thingamajig · whatchamacallit · doodad · apparatus · trinket · novelty · knickknack · gewgaw · gimcrack · tchotchke
apps
Mobile software, briefly
- softwarePrograms directing computer operations
- pluginsInstallable software modules
- extensionsAdditions that lengthen
dashboards · notifications · icons · buttons · sliders · toggles · checkboxes · dropdowns · toolbars · sidebars
gears
Toothed rotating machine parts
pulleys · springs · cams · cranks · bearings · shafts · pistons · valves · linkages · mechanisms
GUI
Visual computer interface
- touchscreenInput-sensitive display panel
- controlsOperates or regulates
- menuList of available dishes
navigation · input · icons · buttons · sliders · toggles · dropdown · toolbar · dashboard · panel
- AndroidAndroid Auto, Android TV, APK, Google Play, Play Store
- app featurestap, swipe, scroll, pinch, zoom
- note appsnotes, notebooks, note-taking, Evernote, OneNote
- Apple DevelopmentSwift, iOS, macOS, Objective-C, App Store
- Desktop InterfacesGNOME, Pantheon, Cinnamon, awesome, sway
- modular designmodularity, modules, components, encapsulation, decoupling
widgetsiPhones
Apple's mobile devices
Coca-Cola · designer goods · artisanal goods · one-of-a-kind items
widgetsservices
Acts performed for others
intangibles · experiences · intellectual property · software · labor
- weather widgetSmall onscreen climate display