Widget

What is a widget?

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"...a widget is a portable, reusable bit of code and an example of the do it yourself philosophy of the web... a widget can be embedded into a blog, wiki or other web page; the code is not intended to be a complete application but rather a specific feature that can be re-used by other applications."

• Here's an example of a widget page from the New York Times - http://www.nytimes.com/services/timeswidgets/
• Google calls its widgets gadgets - http://www.google.ca/ig/directory?hl=en&root=/ig&dpos=top

See also

• Answering health and medical reference questions
• CAPHIS | Top 100 Health Websites You Can Trust
• Consumer health information
• Evaluating health information
• Finding health information for British Columbians
• Multilingual resources for patients
• Patient education
• Top 100 Canadian Health Websites
• Top Ten (10) Canadian Health Websites 2010
• Top Social Media Websites in Medicine - 2012
• WikiPatient

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