For other uses, see
Green Book (disambiguation). The Green Book (
Arabic الكتاب الأخضر) is a book written by the
Libyan leader
Muammar al-Gaddafi, first published in
1975, outlining his views on democracy and his political philosophy. It consists of three parts: The Solution of the Problem of Democracy: 'The Authority of the People' The Solution of the Economic Problem: 'Socialism' The Social Basis of the Third Universal Theory
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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
Red Book, and the
White Book.
["PostScript Language Program Design", Adobe Systems, Addison-Wesley, 1988 (ISBN 0-201-14396-8)].
2. <
publication> 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. <
publication> 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. <
publication> The
IEEE 1003.1
POSIX Operating Systems Interface standard has been dubbed "The Ugly Green Book".
5. <
publication> 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.
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Jargon File]
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