blue book

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

blue book
    n 1: a report published by the British government; bound in blue
    2: a register of persons who are socially prominent
    3: a blue booklet used in universities for writing examinations

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Blue book \Blue" book`\
   1. A parliamentary publication, so called from its blue paper
      covers. [Eng.]
      [1913 Webster]

   2. The United States official "Biennial Register."
      [1913 Webster] Bluebottle

from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)

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)

from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

85 Moby Thesaurus words for "blue book":
      Almanach de Gotha, Congressional Record, Hansard, Red Book,
      Royal Kalendar, Social Register, account, acquaintance,
      announcement, audition, briefing, bulletin, communication,
      communique, data, datum, directory, dispatch, enlightenment,
      evidence, exam, examen, examination, facts, factual information,
      familiarization, final, final examination, gazette, gen, genealogy,
      general information, great go, green book, guidebook, handout,
      hard information, hearing, honors, incidental information, info,
      information, instruction, intelligence, knowledge, light, mention,
      message, midsemester, midterm, notice, notification,
      official journal, oral, oral examination, pedigree, prelim,
      presentation, promotional material, proof, publication, publicity,
      quiz, release, report, sidelight, state paper, statement, studbook,
      take-home examination, test, the dope, the goods, the know,
      the scoop, transmission, trial, tripos, viva, white book,
      white paper, word, written, written examination, yellow book