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From: jim@athsys.uucp (Jim Becker)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: What is the origin of the term "gadget"?
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Date: 6 Feb 89 19:49:35 GMT
Organization: Athena Systems, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA
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	I am glad to see that people are starting to turn away from the
widget==window usage of the X resources with `new' windowless gadgets.

	My first exposure to the term `gadgets' was with the Amiga. Is 
this the first time that this term was used? Pardon my ignorance, but
those claiming to make up this term seem to be more than singular.

	Who is the inventor of the `gadget' term (used in this fashion)?

-Jim Becker