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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>bells and whistles</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="beige-toaster.html" title="beige toaster"/><link rel="next" href="bells-whistles-and-gongs.html" title="bells whistles and gongs"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">bells and whistles</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="beige-toaster.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bells-whistles-and-gongs.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="bells-and-whistles"/><dt xmlns="" id="bells-and-whistles"><b>bells and whistles</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [common] Features added to a program or system to make it more
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<a href="../F/flavorful.html"><i class="glossterm">flavorful</i></a> from a hacker's point of view, without
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necessarily adding to its utility for its primary function. Distinguished
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from <a href="../C/chrome.html"><i class="glossterm">chrome</i></a>, which is intended to attract users.
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“<span class="quote">Now that we've got the basic program working, let's go back and add
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some bells and whistles.</span>” No one seems to know what distinguishes a
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bell from a whistle. The recognized emphatic form is “<span class="quote">bells,
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whistles, and gongs</span>”.</p></dd><dd><p>It used to be thought that this term derived from the toyboxes on
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theater organs. However, the “<span class="quote">and gongs</span>” strongly suggests a
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different origin, at sea. Before powered horns, ships routinely used
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bells, whistles, and gongs to signal each other over longer distances than
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voice can carry.</p><div class="mediaobject"><a id="crunchly73-05-28"/><img src="../graphics/73-05-28.png"/><div class="caption"><p>Sometimes ‘trouble’ is spelled
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<a href="bells-and-whistles.html"><i class="glossterm">bells and whistles</i></a>...</p><p>(The next cartoon in the Crunchly saga is
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<a href="../G/glitch.html#crunchly73-06-04">73-06-04</a>. The previous one is
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<a href="bells-and-whistles.html#crunchly73-05-28">73-05-28</a>.)</p></div></div></dd><div class="navfooter"><hr/><table width="100%" summary="Navigation footer"><tr><td width="40%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="beige-toaster.html">Prev</a> </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="u" href="../B.html">Up</a></td><td width="40%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="bells-whistles-and-gongs.html">Next</a></td></tr><tr><td width="40%" align="left" valign="top">beige toaster </td><td width="20%" align="center"><a accesskey="h" href="../index.html">Home</a></td><td width="40%" align="right" valign="top"> bells whistles and gongs</td></tr></table></div></body></html>
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