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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
White Book
1. <language, publication> {K&R}.
2. <language, publication, file format> The fourth book in
{Adobe Systems, Inc.}'s {PostScript} series, describing the
previously-secret format of {Type 1} {fonts}. The other three
official guides are known as the {Blue Book}, the {Green
Book}, and the {Red Book}.
["Adobe Type 1 Font Format, version 1.1", Addison-Wesley, 1990
(ISBN 0-201-57044-0)].
3. <hardware, standard> {White book CD-ROM}.
[{Jargon File}]
(1996-12-03)