Widget???

[walleyehed]

Can someone tell me what a widget(sp?) is?????

 

[ED21]

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As far as I know it's something factories make in economics class. It's used as a generic name for a product. Their also is a small boat name a widget it think.

 

[Dhadley]

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You know -- the whichamacallit that fits on a dohicky.<br /><br />Need one?

 

[neumanns]

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Thingamajig, Gizzmo, Dealiebopper.<br /><br />Actually I have heard what it was once but I do not remember, Some factory named this deal they were making a widget and it grew to become slang. Man I wish I could remember now.

 

[glass from the past]

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I used to hear "widgets" in school during business and economics classes. I swear every text book they use in those classes has some sort of a problem or an example regarding the "widget factory"

 

[walleyehed]

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I have ZERO idea as to what it is, but it's terminology that was thrown at me from a new employer as a test of my knowledge.......If someone can pin-point this one, I owe'em a wally trip.....

 

[raymondmoyer]

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Actually a "wigdet" was originally and may still be a brand name for a utility knife/ cutter that uses regular straight razor blades. Now a days it seems to be a popular name for other items as well.

 

[glass from the past]

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Hey Walleye,<br /><br />Try these two links out. <br /><br /> http://encarta.msn.com/dictionary_1861713152/widget.html <br /><br /> http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci213364,00.html <br /><br />wid·get [ wíjjit ] (plural wid·gets) <br /> <br />noun <br /> <br />1. unnamed device: any little device or mechanism, especially one whose name is unknown or forgotten ( humorous ) <br /><br /> <br />2. object: a hypothetical manufactured object, considered to represent the typical product of a manufacturer<br /><br /> <br />[Early 20th century. Origin uncertain: perhaps an alteration of gadget.]

 

[flashback]

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have to go with Ramond on this one. I have a widget and it is a plastic scraper that uses single edge razor blades.......

 

[neumanns]

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This is the story I seen about the word before, guess it wasn't an actul product.<br /><br />(Word Origins)<br /><br />"Widget" is a deliberately invented word meant (probably) to suggest "gadget". Most dictionaries fail to trace it to its origin. It comes from the 1924 play "Beggar on Horseback", by George Kaufman and Marc Connelly. In the play, a young composer gets engaged to the daughter of a rich businessman, and the next part of the play acts out his nightmare of what his life will be like, doing pointless work in a bureaucratic big business. At one point he encounters his father-in-law at work, and we get the following dialogue: <br /><br />(Father-in-law): Yes, sir! Big business!<br />---- Yes. Big business. What business are we in?<br />---- Widgets. We're in the widget business.<br />---- The widget business?<br />---- Yes, sir! I suppose I'm the biggest manufacturer in the world of overhead and underground A-erial widgets. <br /><br />Part of the point, of course, is that no one ever tells him what "widgets" are. <br /><br />"Widget" is also associated with the OSF/MOTIF "windows gadget".

 

[walleyehed]

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OK, from what I gather here, If he asked me to trouble-shoot a "widget", chances are he is refering to possibly "any piece of equipment"???<br />Would this be a safe assumption????<br /> And......looks like I got 7 going for Walleye this spring??

 

[glass from the past]

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I think troubleshooting a widget comes down to your ability to work on something you may not have any experience with. understanding principles of basic engineering and now how to apply them to other area's. A bearing always needs grease not matter what its application: engine, hub, pump, etc. <br /><br />Sounds like this forum, but you will get paid for it.

 

[Hooty]

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Hey Kenny,<br />Heh, heh, heh. It that new employer is in these parts, he's probably refering to a chingaso. Turn the tables on him and refer to it as a ghingaso like:<br /><br />Q. How would you troubleshoot a broken widget?<br /><br />A. First thing I'd do is be sure there was power to that little chingaso there.<br /><br />I dropped ya an esmell. Lemme know what's happenin'<br /><br />c/6<br />Hooty

 

[Dhadley]

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If there's power to the chingaso, ya gotta make sure the ganutton valve isnt stuck.

 

[walleyehed]

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Picture is VERY clear now......but what if the ganutton valve is nitrided?????? Will I still have to magnaflux the chingaso???? And, what about replacement of the 2-way diode???

 

[Jdeagro]

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You can't mess with the two way diode as the muffler bearings will rust and the whoosits will fall streight up. <br /><br />Looks like you will need a larger boat for the trip. <br /><br />Too much time and too little to do! life can be good! Have a great weekend everyone!

 

[raymondmoyer]

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Before you go to the trouble of replacing the 2-way diode. Make sure the fuse isn't in backwards, and the thingamabobber isn't hitting the doodad by the watchmacallit

 

[outonbizniz2]

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OR....if you work in Information Technology...He could be serious:<br />A widget is a generic term for the part of a GUI that allows the user to interface with the application and operating system. On a GUI (Graphical User Interface) widgits are the Buttons, pop-up messages, scrollbars, menu bars, etc.<br /><br />The term widget is used to refer to either the graphic component or its controlling program or to refer to the combination of both.

 

[walleyehed]

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Outonbiz, ok, now I have to say this....His question was; "If I ask you to go trouble-shoot a widget, will you hit it with a hammer, or test it with an ohmmeter?"<br />That being said, I'm falling in the direction of "any particular gadget".<br />Anyway, my answer would be: "If I have spec data to test it by, and it doesn't meet standards, I will use the hammer". <br />Thanks guys.

 

[glass from the past]

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Does this mean we can call you widgethed now?