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In computing , a web widget is a software widget for the web. It's a small application with limited functionality that can be installed and executed within a web page by an end user . A widget has the role of a transient or auxiliary application, meaning that it just occupies a portion of a webpage and does something useful with information fetched from other websites and displayed in place. Other terms used to describe web widgets include: portlet , web part , gadget, badge, module, snippet and flake. Widgets are typically created in DHTML , JavaScript , or Adobe Flash .
Web widget
GUI widget
Various widgets. Example of enabled and disabled widgets; the frame at the bottom is disabled. In computer programming, a widget (or control ) is an element of a graphical user interface (GUI) that displays an information arrangement changeable by the user, such as a window or a text box . The defining characteristic of a widget is to provide a single interaction point for the direct manipulation of a given kind of data. In other words, widgets are basic visual building blocks which, combined in an application, hold all the data processed by the application and the available interactions on this data. [ edit ] History and use