Widgets

Definition A widget is a small program that can be embedded into a web page. For example, the video below, which is about widgets, is an example of a widget because instead of making a link to the video on youtube.com such as: [] (which is an option if you don't want to mess with widgets) the actual video becomes part of this wikispace page. media type="youtube" key="HRAmQ_m2asg" height="390" width="480"

The Amazing World of Widgets In the past few years the amount of widgets available for free has mushroomed. Here are some examples:

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