Purple Book n.
1. The "System V Interface Definition".
The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade
of off-lavender. 2. Syn. Wizard Book. Donald Lewine's
"POSIX Programmer's Guide" (O'Reilly, 1991, ISBN
0-937175-73-0). See also book titles.
1. The "System V Interface Definition".
The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade
of off-lavender. 2. Syn. Wizard Book. Donald Lewine's
"POSIX Programmer's Guide" (O'Reilly, 1991, ISBN
0-937175-73-0). See also book titles.
Related:
- Purple Book: n. 1. The "System V Interface Definition".
The covers of the first editions were an amazingly... - Green Book n.
1. One of the three standard PostScript
references:
"PostScript Language Program Design", bylined `Adobe... - Green Book: n. 1. One of the three standard {{PostScript}}
references:
"PostScript Language Program Design", bylined `Adobe... - book titles:: There is a tradition in hackerdom of informally
tagging important textbooks and standards documents with the
dominant color of their covers or with some other conspicuous
feature of the cover.
Many of these are described in this lexicon under... - White Book n.
1. Syn. K&R. 2. Adobe's fourth book in
the PostScript series,
describing the previously-secret format of Type... - White Book: n. 1. Syn. {K&R}. 2. Adobe's fourth book in the
PostScript series,
describing the previously-secret format of Type ... - Red Book n.
1. Informal name for one of the four
standard references on PostScript ("PostScript Language
Reference Manual",
Adobe Systems (Addison-Wesley, 1985; QA76.73.P67P67... - Blue Book: n. 1. Informal name for one of the three standard
references on the page-layout and graphics-control language
{{PostScript}} ("PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook",
Adobe Systems, Addison-Wesley 1985, QA76.73.P67P68... - K&R: [Kernighan and Ritchie] n. Brian Kernighan and Dennis Ritchie's
book "The C Programming Language",
esp. the classic and influential first edition (Prentice...
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A packet with every single
option set for whatever protocol is in use.
See kamikaze packet, Godzillagram... - crank vt.
[from automotive slang] Verb used to describe the
performance of a machine,
especially sustained performance. "This box cranks... - pizza box n.
[Sun] The largish thin box housing the electronics
in (especially Sun) desktop workstations,
so named because of its size and shape and the dimpled... - sneakernet /snee'ker-net/ n.
Term used (generally with
ironic intent) for transfer of electronic information by physically
carrying tape,
disks, or some other media from one machine to ... - wiggles n.
[scientific computation] In solving partial
differential equations by finite difference and similar methods,
wiggles are sawtooth (up-down-up-down) oscillations...
