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• bells and whistles n. [common] Features added to a program or system to make it more flavorful from a hacker's point of view
  without necessarily adding to its utility for its primary function....
• chrome: [from automotive slang via wargaming] n. 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 n. [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!...
• Add in some more bells and whistles.
• cycle: 1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every hacker wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper describes himself as a "cycle junkie").
  One can describe an instruction as taking so many `clock cycles'....
• bells, whistles, and gongs: n. A standard elaborated form of {bells and whistles}
  ypically said with a pronounced and ironic accent on the `gongs'....
• cycle 1. n. The basic unit of computation. What every hacker wants more of (noted hacker Bill Gosper described himself as a "cycle junkie").
  One can describe an instruction as taking so many `clock cycles'....
• front end: n. 1. An intermediary computer that does set-up and filtering for another (usually more powerful but less friendly) machine (a `back end').
  2. What you're talking to when you have a conversation with someone who is making replies without paying attention....
• bum: 1. vt. To make highly efficient, either in time or space, often at the expense of clarity.
  I managed to bum three more instructions out of that code....