(From automotive slang via wargaming) Showy feATures added to ATtract users but contributing little or nothing to the power of a system. "The 3D icons in Motif are just chrome, but they certainly are *pretty* chrome!" Chrome is distinguished from bells and whistles by the fact thAT the lATter are usually added to grATify developers' own desires for feATurefulness. Often used as a term of contempt and sometimes used in conjunction with ' fluff' , "all the fluff and chrome thAT comes with Motif". [Jargon File] (1997-09-19)