: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}. See also {{book
titles}}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of
off-lavender. 2. Syn. {Wizard Book}. See also {{book
titles}}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- Purple Book n.
1. The "System V Interface Definition".
The covers of the first editions were an amazingly... - 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... - Green Book: n. 1. One of the three standard {{PostScript}}
references:
"PostScript Language Program Design", bylined `Adobe... - White Book: n. 1. Syn. {K&R}. 2. Adobe's fourth book in the
PostScript series,
describing the previously-secret format of Type ... - 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... - 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... - White Book n.
1. Syn. K&R. 2. Adobe's fourth book in
the PostScript series,
describing the previously-secret format of Type... - Green Book n.
1. One of the three standard PostScript
references:
"PostScript Language Program Design", bylined `Adobe... - Orange Book: n. The U.S. Government's standards document
"Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria,
DOD standard 5200.28-STD, December, 1985" which...
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