The word widget is a placeholder name for an object or, more specifically, a mechanical or other manufactured device.
[1] The Oxford English Dictionary defines it as "An indefinite name for a gadget or mechanical contrivance, esp.
[2] The term also appears earlier in George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's 1924 play Beggar on Horseback.
The term is also used for obfuscation, if the object's real technology, composition, or purpose is unknown.
[6] Widget is used in texts and speech, especially in the context of accounting, to indicate a hypothetical "any-product".