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Gizmo (other)
A gizmo is a gadget, especially one whose real name is unknown or forgotten. Gizmo may also refer to: Technology * The Gizmo or "Gizmotron", an effects device for electric guitars * Gizmo key, found on certain flutes * Gizmos, interactive online simulations for math and science education from ExploreLearning * Gizmo, a 1996-2001 digital game distribution platform by Mplayer.com * Goodyear GA-400R Gizmo, a one-man helicopter introduced in 1954 Entertainment * The Gizmos, a 1970s proto-punk band * Gizmo, a band formed in 2005 by Stewart Copeland * "Gismo My Way", B-side to the 1974 single "The Wall Street Shuffle" by 10cc * ''Gizmo!'', a 1977 documentary film about inventions * ''Gizmo'', a 1999 play by Sir Alan Ayckbourn * ''The Gizmo'', a book series by Paul Jennings (Australian author), Paul Jennings * Gizmo (DC Comics), a character in the ''Teen Titans'' animated series * Gizmo (Mirage Studios), ''Gizmo'' (Mirage Studios), a 1986 comic book series * Gizmo Duck, a charact ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gadget
A gadget is a machine, mechanical device or any ingenious article. Gadgets are sometimes referred to as ''wikt:gizmo, gizmos''. History The etymology of the word is disputed. The word first appears as reference to an 18th-century tool in Glass production, glassmaking that was developed as a spring Glassblowing, pontil.Charles R. Hadjamach: ''British Glass, 1800–1914''. London. 1991. p. 35 As stated in the glass dictionary published by the Corning Museum of Glass, a gadget is a "metal rod with a spring clip that grips the foot of a vessel and so avoids the use of a pontil". Gadgets were first used in the late 18th century.Corning Museum of Glass: Glass Dictionary: Gadget'' (accessed November 4, 2018) According to the ''Oxford English Dictionary'', there is anecdotal evidence for the use of "gadget" as a placeholder name for a technical item whose precise name one can't remember since the 1850s; with Robert Brown's 1886 book ''Spunyarn and Spindrift, A sailor boy's log of a voya ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |