1. publication Informal name for one of the four standard
references on
PostScript. The other three official guides
["PostScript Language Program Design", Adobe Systems,
Addison-Wesley, 1988 (ISBN 0-201-14396-8)].
2. publication Informal name for one of the three standard
references on
SmallTalk. Also associated with blue and red
books.
["Smalltalk-80: Bits of History, Words of Advice", by Glenn
Krasner (Addison-Wesley, 1983; QA76.8.S635S58; ISBN
0-201-11669-3)].
3. publication The "X/Open Compatibility Guide", which
defines an international standard
Unix environment that is a
proper superset of
POSIX/SVID. It also includes
descriptions of a standard utility toolkit, systems
administrations features, and the like. This grimoire is
taken with particular seriousness in Europe. See
PurpleBook.
4.
publication The
IEEE 1003.1
POSIX Operating Systems
Interface standard has been dubbed "The Ugly Green Book".
5. publication Any of the 1992 standards issued by the
ITU-T's tenth plenary assembly. These include, among other
the Group 1 through 4 fax standards.
(1996-12-03)