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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>eye candy</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../E.html" title="E"/><link rel="previous" href="external-memory.html" title="external memory"/><link rel="next" href="eyeball-search.html" title="eyeball search"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">eye candy</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="external-memory.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">E</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="eyeball-search.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="eye-candy"/><dt xmlns="" id="eye-candy"><b>eye candy</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="pronunciation">/i:´ kand`ee/</span>, <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from mainstream slang &#8220;<span class="quote">ear candy</span>&#8221;] A display of some
sort that's presented to <a href="../L/luser.html"><i class="glossterm">luser</i></a>s to keep them
distracted while the program performs necessary background tasks.
&#8220;<span class="quote">Give 'em some eye candy while the back-end
<a href="../S/slurp.html"><i class="glossterm">slurp</i></a>s that <a href="../B/BLOB.html"><i class="glossterm">BLOB</i></a> into
core.</span>&#8221; Reported as mainstream usage among players of graphics-heavy
computer games. We're also told this term is mainstream slang for soft
pornography, but that sense does not appear to be live among
hackers.</p></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="external-memory.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../E.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="eyeball-search.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">external memory </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> eyeball search</td></tr></table></div></body></html>