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The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
Green Book
1. <publication> Informal name for one of the four standard
references on {PostScript}. The other three official guides
are known as the {Blue Book}, the {Red Book}, and the {White
Book}.
["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 {Purple
Book}.
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
things, the dreadful {X.400} {electronic mail} standard and
the Group 1 through 4 fax standards.
6. {Green Book CD-ROM}.
See also {book titles}.
[{Jargon File}]
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