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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>case mod</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="../C.html" title="C"/><link rel="previous" href="case-and-paste.html" title="case and paste"/><link rel="next" href="casters-up-mode.html" title="casters-up mode"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">case mod</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="case-and-paste.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">C</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="casters-up-mode.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="case-mod"/><dt xmlns="" id="case-mod"><b>case mod</b></dt></dt><dd><p>[from &#8216;case modification&#8217;]</p></dd><dd><p> 1. Originally a kind of hardware hack on a PC intended to support
<a href="../O/overclock.html"><i class="glossterm">overclocking</i></a> (e.g. with cutouts
for oversized fans, or a freon-based or water-cooling system).</p></dd><dd><p> 2. Nowadays, similar drastic surgery that's done just to make a
machine look nifty. The commonest case mods combine acrylic case windows
with LEDs to give the machine an eerie interior glow like a B-movie flying
saucer. More advanced forms of case modding involve building machines into
weird and unlikely shapes. The effect can be quite artistic, but one of
the unwritten rules is that the machine must continue to function as
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