: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 their own entries. See {Aluminum Book}, {Blue Book},
{Cinderella Book}, {Devil Book}, {Dragon Book}, {Green
Book}, {Orange Book}, {Pink-Shirt Book}, {Purple Book},
{Red Book}, {Silver Book}, {White Book}, {Wizard Book},
{Yellow Book}, and {bible}; see also {rainbow
series}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
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 their own entries. See {Aluminum Book}, {Blue Book},
{Cinderella Book}, {Devil Book}, {Dragon Book}, {Green
Book}, {Orange Book}, {Pink-Shirt Book}, {Purple Book},
{Red Book}, {Silver Book}, {White Book}, {Wizard Book},
{Yellow Book}, and {bible}; see also {rainbow
series}.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- 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 their own entries.... - ainbow series: n. Any of several series of technical manuals
distinguished by cover color.
The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see {Orange Book}, {crayola books})... - Purple Book: n. 1. The "System V Interface Definition".
The covers of the first editions were an amazingly nauseating shade of off-lavender.... - Red Book: n. 1. Informal name for one of the three standard
references on {{PostScript}} ("PostScript Language Reference
Manual", Adobe Systems (Addison-Wesley, 1985
QA76.73.P67P67; ISBN 0-201-10174-2, or the 1990 second edition ISBN 0-201-18127-4)... - ainbow series n.
Any of several series of technical
manuals distinguished by cover color.
The original rainbow series was the NCSC security manuals (see Orange Book, crayola boo reference set (see Red Book, Green Book, White Book).... - White Book n.
1. Syn. K&R. 2. Adobe's fourth book in
the PostScript series, describing the previously-secret format of
Type 1 fo
Adobe Type 1 Font Format, version 1.1", (Addison-Wesley, 1990, ISBN 0-201-57044-0).... - White Book: n. 1. Syn. {K&R}. 2. Adobe's fourth book in the
PostScript series, describing the previously-secret format of Type
1 fo
Adobe Type 1 Font Format, version 1.1", (Addison-Wesley, 1990, ISBN 0-201-57044-0).... - 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, ISBN 0-201-10179-3)... - Green Book: n. 1. One of the three standard {{PostScript}}
reference
PostScript Language Program Design", bylined `Adobe Systems' (Addison-Wesley, 1988...
