Gadget

For other uses, see Gadget (disambiguation). For Wikipedia Gadgets, see Wikipedia:Gadget.
In a 1965 essay, Reyner Banham describes the cordless electric razor as an example of "a gizmo, a gadget, a gimmick".[1]

A gadget is a mechanical device or any ingenious article.[2] Gadgets are sometimes referred to as gizmos.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference banham was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "gadget". Dictionary.com Unabridged (Online). n.d.