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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>chrome</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="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="Christmas-tree-packet.html" title="Christmas tree packet"/><link rel="next" href="chug.html" title="chug"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">chrome</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="Christmas-tree-packet.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="chug.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="chrome"/><dt xmlns="" id="chrome"><b>chrome</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from automotive slang via wargaming] Showy features added to
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attract users but contributing little or nothing to the power of a system.
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“<span class="quote">The 3D icons in Motif are just chrome, but they certainly are
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<span class="emphasis"><em>pretty</em></span> chrome!</span>” Distinguished from
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<a href="../B/bells-and-whistles.html"><i class="glossterm">bells and whistles</i></a> by the fact that the latter are
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