Red Book

1. publication Informal name for one of the four standard

references on PostScript. The other three official guides

are known as the Blue Book, the Green Book, and the WhiteBook.

["PostScript Language Reference Manual", Adobe Systems,

Addison-Wesley, 1985 (ISBN 0-201-10174-2); second edition

1990 (ISBN 0-201-18127-4)].

2. publication Informal name for one of the three standard

references on Smalltalk. This book also has blue and green

siblings.

["Smalltalk-80: The Interactive Programming Environment",

Adele Goldberg, Addison-Wesley, 1984; (ISBN 0-201-11372-4)].

3. publication Any of the 1984 standards issued by the

ITU-T eighth plenary assembly. These include, among other

things, the X.400 electronic mail specification, the Group

1 through 4 fax standards, ISDN, the R2 signalling system

(Q.400 series recommendations), data communication via the

PSTN (the V series recommendations) and tariffs and metering

principles (the D series).

4. publication The new version of the Green Book - IEEE

1003.1-1990, also known as ISO 9945-1 - is (because of the

colour and the fact that it is printed on A4 paper) known in

the USA. as "the Ugly Red Book That Won't Fit On The Shelf"

and in Europe as "the Ugly Red Book That's A Sensible Size".

5. publication The NSA "Trusted Network Interpretation"

companion to the Orange Book.

See also book titles.

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