gadget

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Synonyms: garget, gidget, gadge, padget, badget

Antonyms: garget, gidget, gadge, padget, badget

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|obsolete}} A [[thing]] whose [[name]] cannot be [[remember]]ed; [[thingamajig]], [[doohickey]].
2. Any [[device]] or [[machine]], especially one whose name cannot be recalled, often either clever or complicated.
3. {{lb|en|informal}} Any [[consumer]] [[electronics]] product.
4. {{lb|en|computer security}} A [[sequence]] of [[machine code]] [[instruction]]s crafted as part of an [[exploit]] that attempts to [[divert]] [[execution]] to a [[memory]] [[location]] chosen by the [[attacker]].
5. {{lb|en|computer science}} A technique for converting a part of one problem to an equivalent part of another problem, used in constructing [[reduction#English: compsci|reduction]]s.
6. {{lb|en|glassblowing}} A spring clip attached to the end of a [[punty]] in order to grasp the foot of a glass without leaving a [[bullion#English: glass|bullion]] while finishing the bowl.

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