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Chrome vs. Chromium

Chrome and Chromium are two different browsers of Google. Both are used for browsing and have some different features. What are the basic differences between them and how they performs there functions will be revealed after reading this complete article.

Key Differences

Automatic updates option is available in Chrome while in Chromium users are required to manually install any updates.
PDF viewer and flash player or already built in Chrome and you can enable or disable the same. While Chromium requires a plug-in for both PDF viewer and flash player.
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Dec 21, 2014
Chrome is available for iOS also while Chromium is not available for iOS.
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Dec 21, 2014
Chrome has been written in language C++. While Chromium is written in five languages, C, C++, Java, JavaScript and Python.
First there is different logo of both. Chrome has colorful logo consists of red, green, blue and yellow color. While Chromium logo has one blue color.
Chrome is a freeware web browser while Chromium is an open source web browser.
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Crash reporting option is available in Chrome and you can turn it on or off. While there is no option of crash reporting in Chromium.
Chromium supports three media codes, Vorbis, WebM and Theora. Chrome supports six media Vorbis, WebM, Theora, AAC, MP3 and H.264.
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Dec 21, 2014
Chromium is an open source software so frequently updates are available by Chromium while updates of Chrome are launched after sometime.
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Dec 21, 2014
Print preview system is available by Chrome but not by Chromium.
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Dec 21, 2014
Chromium is most popular on Linux OS while Chrome is most popular on Windows OS and mobiles.
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Dec 21, 2014

Chrome and Chromium Definitions

Chrome

Chromium or a chromium alloy.
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Chromium

A lustrous, hard, steel-gray metallic element, resistant to tarnish and corrosion and found primarily in chromite. It is used in the hardening of steel alloys and the production of stainless steels, in corrosion-resistant decorative platings, and as a pigment in glass. Atomic number 24; atomic weight 51.996; melting point 1,907°C; boiling point 2,671°C; specific gravity 7.15; valence 2, 3, 6. See Periodic Table.

Chrome

Something plated with a chromium alloy.

Chromium

A chemical element (symbol Cr) with an atomic number of 24: a steely-grey, lustrous, hard and brittle transition metal.

Chrome

A pigment containing chromium.

Chromium

A comparatively rare element occurring most abundantly in the mineral chromite. Atomic weight 52.5. Symbol Cr. When isolated it is a hard, brittle, grayish white metal, fusible with difficulty. Its chief commercial importance is for its compounds, as potassium chromate, lead chromate, etc., which are brilliantly colored and are used dyeing and calico printing. Called also chrome.

Chrome

To plate with chromium.
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Chromium

A hard brittle blue-white multivalent metallic element; resistant to corrosion and tarnishing

Chrome

To tan or dye with a chromium compound.

Chrome

Chromium, when used to plate other metals.

Chrome

(graphical user interface) The basic structural elements used in a graphical user interface, such as window frames and scroll bars, as opposed to the content.

Chrome

Handguns

Chrome

(transitive) To plate with chrome.

Chrome

(transitive) To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.

Chrome

Same as Chromium.

Chrome

To treat with a solution of potassium bichromate, as in dyeing.

Chrome

Another word for chromium when it is used in dyes or pigments

Chrome

Plate with chromium;
Chrome bathroom fixtures

Chrome

Treat with a chromium compound

What is Chrome?

Chrome or Google Chrome is a freeware web browser of the Google. It was released in September 2, 2008. According to recent report of StatCounter, 52% worldwide web browsing is made by Google Chrome. It is available in 53 international languages for Windows, Linux, Android and iOS. Google Chrome is written in C++ language. Internet users mostly uses the Google Chrome due to its secure, fast, stable, greater JavaScript processing speed and performance. Before 2008, many new features were announced by other browsers like Mozilla Firefox, Safar and Internet Explorer but Google Chrome was the first browser who implemented and released that features.

What is Chromium?

Chromium is also a web browser of Google but it is open source and Google Chrome draws its source code from Chromium. It was also released in 2008 and is written in five languages, C, C++, Java, JavaScript and Python. It is available for Windows OS, Android and Linux. It is mostly used in Linux OS. The main theme behind Google Chromium is that by this open source software, Google makes able to the developer to check and understand the work and features of Google Chrome. It is an ongoing project of the Google and daily updates are available for it. Latest version of Google Chromium is Chromium 41.0, which was released on November 7, 2014.

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