# A widget?

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-widget/152956>\
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**Created:** [June 28, 2005, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-widget/152956 "2005-06-28T11:13:50Z")\
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**Post date:** [June 28, 2005, 11:13am UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/a-widget/152956/1 "2005-06-28T11:13:50Z")

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Been on a couple of JavaScript/CSS sites now and seen widgets mentioned.  
What are widgets?

Looking at the code it just seems like JavaScript in external files referenced from the html page that uses them…have I missed something…

Is this just inventing a name for a tech thats existed for a while (like AJAX) or is there something I’ve missed?