What does 'widget' mean in:?

Question

Oh, and auto-launching audio widgets and video palyers?

Answer 1

Does any of this help?
Widget may refer to:

A placeholder name for any unspecified device or good, particularly as used by economists for an abstract commodity
Widget (beer), the nitrogen widget in cans and bottles of beer
A physically-inspired computer desktop accessory that is executed in a widget engine
Widget (computing), a component of a graphical user interface that the user interacts with
Web widget, a third party item that can be embedded in a web page
Widget (comics), a character in Marvel Comics
Widget (TV series), a 1990's animated television series
The Delta Widget, a name for the logo of Delta Air Lines
A mascot for Armadillo Aerospace
A male gremlin in Roald Dahl's The Gremlins
A nickname for the New York World Journal Tribune
Widgets (He-Man), the race of midget-like people in the cartoon series He-Man and the Masters of the Universe.

Answer 2

i don't know anything about it in an electronic point of view, but in economics it's just a term used for any product with no specific meaning. Instead of specifically calling a product with a brand, the term "widget" is used for example purposes