Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!hsi!stpstn!aad
From: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri)
Newsgroups: comp.windows.x
Subject: Re: What is the origin of the term "gadget"?
Message-ID: <2830@stpstn.UUCP>
Date: 15 Feb 89 20:40:59 GMT
References: <2811867126-106302@Sierra>
Reply-To: aad@stpstn.UUCP (Anthony A. Datri)
Organization: The Stepstone Corporation, Sandy Hook, CT
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>> 	Who is the inventor of the 'gadget' term (used in this fashion)?

I believe the term originated in the photography field, where the various
attachments to cameras came to be known as "gadgets"

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