Computer wise, CCFLs were first used as backlights for liquid crystal displays. These days, however, CCFLs are a very quick and dirty way to light a case up. Simply plug the light tubes into the supplied inverter, plug the inverter into an available molex connector from your PSU, and you are good to go.
DrumThumper takes us through the world of CCFL's and thier most common uses in the TBCS Wiki.
