Computing Dictionary
Blue Book
1. 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. 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. 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.
[The Jargon File]
(1995-10-12)
) Trademark. a reference manual listing the current market value of used cars by model and year of manufacture.