Gizmo

Gizmo

"Gizmo" is a placeholder name for any small technological item. Other similar names are "gadget", "widget", "thingamajig", etc.Gizmo may refer specifically to:

In technology:
* The Gizmo or "Gizmotron", an effect unit for the electric guitar
* Gizmo key, found on certain flutes
* Gizmo5, a peer-to-peer Internet telephony and instant messaging software application
* Gizmondo, a handheld gaming console
* Gizmo, an OpenGL compiler used in Wavemetrics IGOR Pro software
* Gizmo, a bounding box used for manipulating objects in 3D modeling computer programs
* Gizmo, nickname of VoIP phone adapters that were used by SunRocket.
* Gizmo Pty Ltd, Australian IT Company based in major capital cities.

In entertainment:
* The Gizmos, a 1970s proto-punk band from Indiana
* Gizmo Williams, a former kick returner in Canadian Football
* "Gizmo!", a 1977 documentary film directed by Howard Smith
* "Gadgets and Gizmos", a Canadian television show about technological devices

In fiction:
* Gizmo (comics), a member of the H.I.V.E. Five in the "Teen Titans" animated series
* Gizmo (comic book), a 1986 comic book series created by Michael Dooney
* Gizmo Duck, a character in the "DuckTales" series
* "Gizmo", a main character in the films "Gremlins" and ""
* "Don Gizmo", a character in the "Fallout" computer game


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  • Gizmo! — is a 1977 documentary film produced and directed by Howard Smith about improbable inventions, and uses old newsreel footage about these inventions. Early examples of parkour and buildering are also featured.External links*imdb… …   Wikipedia

  • gizmo — [“gizmo] n. a gadget. □ What is this silly little gizmo on the bottom for? □ This gizmo turns it on …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • Gizmo — (englisches Platzhalterwort, etwa „Ding“, „Dingens“, „Dingsbums”, „mechanischer od. elektronischer Apparat“) ist eine VoIP Software, siehe Gizmo5 (früher Gizmo Project) eine Figur aus dem Film Gremlins – Kleine Monster im englischen… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Gizmo ! — Gizmo ! est un film documentaire américain de Howard Smith, sorti en 1977 Synopsis Ce montage de documents trouvés dans le monde entier entre 1910 et 1973, présentant des inventions et situation comiques ou loufoques. Liens externes… …   Wikipédia en Français

  • gizmo — UK US (also gismo) /ˈgɪzməʊ/ US  / moʊ/ noun [C] INFORMAL ► a small object or machine that is designed for a particular purpose: »Oh, the gadgets and gizmos you can buy for only $100. »high tech/electronic gizmo …   Financial and business terms

  • gizmo — 1942, Marine and Navy usage for any old thing you can t put a name to [ Life magazine, July 30, 1945], of unknown origin, perhaps a made up word …   Etymology dictionary

  • gizmo — [n] gadget appliance, contraption, contrivance, device, doohickey, instrument, machine, mechanical device, thingamabob, thingamajig, tool, whatchamacallit, widget; concepts 463,499 …   New thesaurus

  • gizmo — ► NOUN (pl. gizmos) informal ▪ a gadget, especially one the speaker cannot name. ORIGIN of unknown origin …   English terms dictionary

  • gizmo — ☆ gizmo [giz′mō ] n. pl. gizmos [< ? Sp gisma, obs. or dial. var. of chisme, trifle, jigger, ult. < L cimex, a bug] Slang any gadget or contrivance …   English World dictionary

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