So, what the heck is a framistat you ask? Well sorta like a widget or a thing-a-ma-bob control / subsystem / device in computing and other techie fields.
This isn't a really a good definition - I just made it up for this link. Go see what Google has to say :) It's easier to define in context.
While you're looking things up here's some other links. Actually they are all that are left working from 2006, which is the last time I had this page up.