Retr0bright
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A chemical mixture, mainly hydrogen peroxide, used to remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer and electronics cases. uncountable
"Keep me busy this weekend! In between blowing power supplies and running all my cases through a bath of retr0bright! Hah!"
Verb
- 1 To remove yellowing from ABS plastic computer or electronics cases via this method.
"These are four different machines I've been restoring over time (cleaning, retrobrighting all the cases, new capacitors on cards and motherboards […]"
Example
More examples"Keep me busy this weekend! In between blowing power supplies and running all my cases through a bath of retr0bright! Hah!"
Etymology
From retro- + bright with 0 for o as in leetspeak. See retrocomputing.
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