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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 WhiteBook.
["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.