Gizmo

Gizmo is a placeholder name for any small technological item. Similar names are gadget, widget, thingamajig, etc.
Gizmo may also mean:

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
 Gizmodo, a technology website
 Gizmondo, a handheld gaming console
 Gizmo's, the popular moniker for techsupportalert.com, a freeware review site operated by journalist Ian Gizmo Richards.
 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.
 GIZMO, a system developed for the automation of Solaris and Linux maintenance tasks
 Gizmo Central, software that includes modules like Gizmo Drive (mounts ISOs, encrypted hard drive images to a virtual drive), Gizmo Script (automates your PC and execute functions using scripts), Gizmo Database (a Query Analyzer and stored procedure analyzer), Gizmo Editor (colorizing text editor and hex/binary editor), and Gizmo Hasher (calculates hash values for files, folders, and drives).  Ariania Solution's Gizmo Central

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
 Gizmo, a character in the comic strip Beetle Bailey by Mort Walker.
Gizmo The Air Brush Artist, Robert Greenough, Born Marville France, currently living in Ontario, Canada. Touring the Festivals of Ontario providing Air Brushed Tattoo's to Children and Adult's alike

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 Gremlins 2: The New Batch
 Don Gizmo, a character in the Fallout computer game