| Red Book 1. Informal name for one of the four standard references on . The other three official guides are known as the , the , and the . ["PostScript Language Reference Manual", Adobe Systems, Addison-Wesley, 1985 (ISBN 0-201-10174-2); second edition 1990 (ISBN 0-201-18127-4)]. 2. 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. Any of the 1984 standards issued by the eighth plenary assembly. These include, among other things, the {X.400} specification, the Group 1 through 4 fax standards, , the R2 signalling system (Q.400 series recommendations), data communication via the (the V series recommendations) and tariffs and metering principles (the D series). 4. The new version of the - 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. The NSA "Trusted Network Interpretation" companion to the . See also . [] |