EYE CANDY


Meaning of EYE CANDY in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ /i:' kand`ee/ n. ]

[from mainstream slang "ear candy"] A display of some sort that's presented to luser s to keep them distracted while the program performs necessary background tasks. "Give 'em some eye candy while the back-end slurp s that BLOB into core." Reported as mainstream usage among players of graphics-heavy computer games. We're also told this term is mainstream slang for soft pornography, but that sense does not appear to be live among hackers.

Jargon File English vocabulary.      Английский словарь жаргона.