WIBNI
= W =
wiggles
widget n.
1. A meta-thing. Used to stand for a real object
in didactic examples (especially database tutorials). Legend has
it that the original widgets were holders for buggy whips. "But
suppose the parts list for a widget has 52 entries...."
2. [poss. evoking `window gadget'] A user interface object in
X graphical user interfaces.
--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.