What exactly is a Widgit?

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Today when people use the word widget, in a Web 2.0 world, they are referring to piece of self-contained code — a small application actually, that opens up a doorway to a much larger application.  To this end, you can find widgets that provide the latest news,  recent weather updates, search boxes for Google, eBay and other popular search-based Web sites, and many more including clocks, counters, games, feeds etc.

Adding to the confusion is the fact that widgets used on the desktop or Web are also called gadgets. In fact, in Windows Vista, Microsoft uses the word gadget, but it is still a widget.

Useful place to find Widgets is: 
Web widgets work like a mini-application that you use to provide information to visitors. Web widgets are easy to use and require you only to copy and paste a snippet of code to display the widget, which is hosted on the developer's server.

 

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