Widget and Program

noun

• Something unspecified whose name is either forgotten or not known.
  • usage: "she eased the ball-shaped doodad back into its socket"; "there may be some great new gizmo around the corner that you will want to use"
  • synonyms: doodad, doohickey, doojigger, gimmick, gizmo, gismo, gubbins, thingamabob, thingumabob, thingmabob, thingamajig, thingumajig, thingmajig, thingummy, whatchamacallit, whatchamacallum, whatsis
• A device or control that is very useful for a particular job.
  • synonyms: appliance, contraption, contrivance, convenience, gadget, gizmo, gismo

widget is a brand of listed security representing a claim against a share or basket of shares. A widget with an underlying index or basket is comparable to SPDRS (q. V.) or WEBS (q. V.) listed on the American Stock Exchange, but can have a different underlying portfolio. A widget with an underlying share is comparable to an ADR (q. V.). W. I. Carr Indosuez of Hong Kong created and listed widgets on the Luxembourg Stock Exchange. (Rachel Horsewood, "What's in a Name – Introducing the Widget" AsiaRisk, August 1997.) The main advantage is reducing the transaction cost for investing in a basket of shares.

noun

• A series of steps to be carried out or goals to be accomplished.
  • usage: "they drew up a six-step plan"; "they discussed plans for a new bond issue"
  • synonyms: plan, programme
• A system of projects or services intended to meet a public need.
  • usage: "he proposed an elaborate program of public works"; "working mothers rely on the day care program"
  • synonyms: programme
• A radio or television show.
  • usage: "did you see his program last night"
  • synonyms: broadcast, programme
• A document stating the aims and principles of a political party.
  • usage: "their candidate simply ignored the party platform"; "they won the election even though they offered no positive program"
  • synonyms: platform, political platform, political program
• An announcement of the events that will occur as part of a theatrical or sporting event.
  • usage: "you can't tell the players without a program"
  • synonyms: programme
• An integrated course of academic studies.
  • usage: "he was admitted to a new program at the university"
  • synonyms: course of study, programme, curriculum, syllabus
• Computer science. ( a sequence of instructions that a computer can interpret and execute)
  • usage: "the program required several hundred lines of code"
  • synonyms: programme, computer program, computer programme
• A performance (or series of performances) at a public presentation.
  • usage: "the program lasted more than two hours"
  • synonyms: programme

verb

• Arrange a program of or for.
  • usage: "program the 80th birthday party"
  • synonyms: programme
• Write a computer program.
  • synonyms: programme

Related activities and projects that seek to accomplish a specific objective.