chrome
verbEtymology Borrowed from French chrome.
1
To plate with chrome.
2
To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.
- Synonyms
- chromium-plate
chrome
nounUK /kɹəʊm/ · US /kɹoʊm/
Etymology Borrowed from French chrome.
1
Usually Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
2
Computing, Engineering, Graphical user interface, Mathematics, Natural sciences, Physical sciences, Sciences Usually The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.
- So, just as a car might have shiny chrome trimming, a bumper, and a grill that cover the vehicle, so the chrome of an OS window surrounds and complements the window itself. Examples of chrome include the title bar, the Minimize/Maximize/Restore buttons, menu bars, and toolbars.2009, Richard Wagner, Adobe AIR For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
- Similarly [to the chrome exterior of an automobile], in most modern GUIs, the chrome lives around the edges of the screen, surrounding the middle area, which is dedicated to the user's data.2012 January 29, Jakob Nielsen, “Browser and GUI Chrome”, in Nielsen Norman Group homepage, Nielsen Norman Group, archived from the original on 07 Mar 2013:
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- I had the idea of making our browser chrome match the actual hardware you were on. If your Mac’s bezel was Bondi blue, we’d make our UI Bondi blue.2020 January 4, Jimmy Grewal, quoting Maf Vosburgh, “Internet Explorer 5 for Mac: twentieth anniversary”, in Jimmy's Blog, archived from the original on 09 Jan 2020:
- Disrespect my nigga Boss and I'm flashin' the chrome2012, “Ali Bomaye”, in Jesus Piece, performed by The Game:
- I ain't trippin' long 'cause I can reach the chrome / Heat your home like Southern California Gas, police pass2013, “Hive”, in Doris, performed by Earl Sweatshirt:
- Derived terms
56 terms
bichrome, biochrome, bright chrome, chemochrome, chrome alum, chrome-ammonia alum, chrome black, chrome blue, chrome brick, chrome colour, chrome diopside, chrome dome, chrome furnace, chrome garnet, chrome green, chrome handler, chrome horn, chrome ink, chrome iron, chrome iron ore, chromel, chrome leather, chromeless, chrome maker, chrome-nickel steel, chrome ocher, chrome ochre, chrome orange, chrome-plated, chrome red, chrome solid, chrome spinel, chrome-sulfuric acid, chrome-tanned, chrome-tanning, chrome tape, chrome violet, chromework, chromey, chrome yellow, chromic, chromie, chromite, chromize, chromous, cryptochrome, dechrome, duochrome, ferrochrome, hard chrome, lemon chrome, mercurochrome, national school bus chrome, Nichrome, orange chrome, zinc chrome- Related terms
- chromidium, chromium