chrome
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /kɹəʊm/
ipa: /kɹoʊm/
rhymes: -əʊm
Forms: form: chromes
Etymology: Borrowed from French chrome.
Senses: glosses: Chromium, when used to plate other metals.
examples: text: 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.
ref: 2009, Richard Wagner, Adobe AIR For Dummies, John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN:
text: 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.
ref: 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:
text: 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.
ref: 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:
topics: computing
engineering
graphical-user-interface
mathematics
natural-sciences
physical-sciences
sciences
glosses: The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.
examples: text: Disrespect my nigga Boss and I'm flashin' the chrome
ref: 2012, “Ali Bomaye”, in Jesus Piece, performed by The Game:
text: I ain't trippin' long 'cause I can reach the chrome / Heat your home like Southern California Gas, police pass
ref: 2013, “Hive”, in Doris, performed by Earl Sweatshirt:
glosses: handguns
Derived terms: sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: bichrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: biochrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: bright chrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chemochrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome alum
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome-ammonia alum
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome black
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome blue
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome brick
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome colour
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome diopside
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome dome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome furnace
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome garnet
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome green
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome handler
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome horn
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome ink
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome iron
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome iron ore
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chromel
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome leather
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chromeless
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome maker
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome-nickel steel
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome ocher
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome ochre
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome orange
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome-plated
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome red
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome solid
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome spinel
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome-sulfuric acid
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome-tanned
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome-tanning
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome tape
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome violet
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chromework
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chromey
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chrome yellow
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chromic
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chromie
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chromite
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chromize
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: chromous
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: cryptochrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: dechrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: duochrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: ferrochrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: hard chrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: lemon chrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: mercurochrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: national school bus chrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: Nichrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: orange chrome
sense: Terms derived from chrome (noun)
word: zinc chrome
Related terms: sense: Terms etymologically related to chrome (noun)
word: chromidium
sense: Terms etymologically related to chrome (noun)
word: chromium