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From: Kimbrough@dsg.csc.ti.COM (Kerry Kimbrough)
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Subject: Re: What is the origin of the term "gadget"?
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Date: 7 Feb 89 18:12:06 GMT
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   > 	Who is the inventor of the `gadget' term (used in this fashion)?

Whoever it was, he/she did us no favor. This is second only to "widget" as the
most aggressively meaningless bit of jargon ever promoted.