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bells and whistles
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n. [common] Features added to a program or system to make it more flavorful
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from a hacker's point of view, without necessarily adding to its utility for
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its primary function. Distinguished from chrome , which is intended to
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attract users. Now that we've got the basic program working, let's go back
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and add some bells and whistles. No one seems to know what distinguishes a
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bell from a whistle. The recognized emphatic form is bells, whistles, and
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gongs. It used to be thought that this term derived from the toyboxes on
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theater organs. However, the and gongs strongly suggests a different origin,
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at sea. Before powered horns, ships routinely used bells, whistles, and
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gongs to signal each other over longer distances than voice can carry.
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Sometimes trouble is spelled bells and whistles. .. (The next cartoon in the
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Crunchly saga is 73-06-04. The previous one is 73-05-28.
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