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Green Book: n. 1. One of the three standard {{PostScript}} reference
PostScript Language Program Design", bylined `Adobe Systems' (Addison-Wesley, 1988...
green bytes: n. (also `green words') 1. Meta-information embedded in a file, such as the length of the file or its name
as opposed to keeping such information in a separate description file ...
green card: n. [after the "IBM System/360 Reference Data" card] A summary of an assembly language, even if the color is not green.
Less frequently used now because of the decrease in the use ...
Green Division: To know the difference between envy and jealousy.
-- Douglas Coupland, Generation X...
Greenhouse, schmeenhouse -- I'm FREEZING!
Green Lawn Chairs: Patty O'Furniture
Green light in A.M. for new projects. Red light in P.M. for traffic tickets.
green lightning: [IBM] n. 1. Apparently random flashing streaks on the face of 3278-9 terminals while a new symbol set is being downloaded.
This hardware bug was left deliberately unfixed, as ...
green machine: n.
Green penguins are not red." -- Dr. Michael Morgan, Instrumentation Physics lecture

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