1. <publication> Informal name for one of the four standard
references on the page-layout and graphics-control language
PostScript. The other three official guides are known as
the Green Book, the Red Book, and the White Book.
["PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook", Adobe Systems,
Addison-Wesley 1985, (ISBN 0-201-10179-3)].
2. <publication> Informal name for one of the three standard
references on Smalltalk. This book also has green and red
siblings.
["Smalltalk-80: The Language and its Implementation", David
Robson, Addison-Wesley 1983, (ISBN 0-201-11371-63)].
3. <publication> Any of the 1988 standards issued by the
ITU-T's ninth plenary assembly. These include, among other
things, the X.400 electronic mail specification and the
Group 1 through 4 fax standards.
See also book titles.
[Jargon File]
(1995-10-12)
Nearby terms:
BLOX « BLT « Blue « Blue Book » Blue Box » blue dot syndrome » Blue Glue
