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white book

–noun
an official report issued by a government, usually bound in white.

Origin:
1400–50; late ME
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white book  
n.  An official publication of a national government.

[From its formerly being bound in white.]
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
Copyright © 2009 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
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Computing Dictionary

White Book
1. K&R.
2. 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. White book CD-ROM.
[The Jargon File]
(1996-12-03)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing, © 1993-2007 Denis Howe
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