white book

noun
1.
an official report issued by a government, usually bound in white.
Origin
1400-50; late Middle English
British Dictionary definitions for white book

white book

noun
1.
an official government publication in some countries
white book in Technology

1. K&R.
2. The fourth book in Adobe Systems, Inc.'s PostScript series, describing the previously-secret format of Type 1 fonts. The other three official guides are known as the Blue Book, the Green Book, and the Red Book.
["Adobe Type 1 Font Format, version 1.1", Addison-Wesley, 1990 (ISBN 0-201-57044-0)].
3. White book CD-ROM.
[Jargon File]
(1996-12-03)