Blue Book
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:
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blue dot syndrome » Blue Glue
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