(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)
