Green Book n. 1. One of the four standard PostScript references:
   "PostScript Language Program Design", bylined `Adobe Systems'
   (Addison-Wesley, 1988; QA76.73.P67P66 ISBN 0-201-14396-8); see also Red
   Book, Blue Book, and the White Book (sense 2). 2. Informal name for
   one of the three standard references on SmallTalk: "Smalltalk-80: Bits
   of History, Words of Advice", by Glenn Krasner (Addison-Wesley, 1983;
   QA76.8.S635S58; ISBN 0-201-11669-3) (this, too, is associated with blue
   and red books). 3. The "X/Open Compatibility Guide", which defines an
   international standard Unix environment that is a proper superset of
   POSIX/SVID; also includes descriptions of a standard utility toolkit,
   systems administration features, and the like. This grimoire is taken
   with particular seriousness in Europe. See Purple Book. 4. The IEEE
   1003.1 POSIX Operating Systems Interface standard has been dubbed "The
   Ugly Green Book". 5. Any of the 1992 standards issued by the CCITT's
   tenth plenary assembly. These include, among other things, the X.400
   email standard and the Group 1 through 4 fax standards. See also book
   titles.

	

	Green Book
     
        1.   Informal name for one of the four standard
        references on PostScript.  The other three official guides
        are known as the Blue Book, the Red Book, and the White
        Book.
     
        ["PostScript Language Program Design", Adobe Systems,
        Addison-Wesley, 1988 (ISBN 0-201-14396-8)].
     
        2.  Informal name for one of the three standard
        references on SmallTalk.  Also associated with blue and red
        books.
     
        ["Smalltalk-80: Bits of History, Words of Advice", by Glenn
        Krasner (Addison-Wesley, 1983; QA76.8.S635S58; ISBN
        0-201-11669-3)].
     
        3.   The "X/Open Compatibility Guide", which
        defines an international standard Unix environment that is a
        proper superset of POSIX/SVID.  It also includes
        descriptions of a standard utility toolkit, systems
        administrations features, and the like.  This grimoire is
        taken with particular seriousness in Europe.  See Purple
        Book.
     
        4.   The IEEE 1003.1 POSIX Operating Systems
        Interface standard has been dubbed "The Ugly Green Book".
     
        5.   Any of the 1992 standards issued by the
        ITU-T's tenth plenary assembly.  These include, among other
        things, the dreadful X.400 electronic mail standard and
        the Group 1 through 4 fax standards.
     
        6. Green Book CD-ROM.
     
        See also book titles.
     
        [Jargon File]
     
        (1996-12-03)