What does "Colonized" mean?

[Gabess]

Hello there!

As my planed frames are mostly sold in my nearby I'm looking for other options. Simon's Dejavu frame looks pretty sympatico however, I don't know if it's a strong and reliable frame is.
Do you have any experiance regarding that frame? I read that all those frames were "colonized". What does it exactly mean? Heat treatment or is it just a joke? THX in advance!

[Phatman]

Colonized is Colonys way of saying its heat treated.

[Gabess]

I see! That sounds fine!