Blue Book

Definition: Blue Book

1. A report published by the British government; bound in blue.

2. A register of persons who are socially prominent.

3. A blue-covered booklet used in universities for writing examinations.

Specialty Definition: Blue Book

Domain	Definition
Computing	Blue Book n. 1. Informal name for one of the four standard references on the page-layout and graphics-control language {PostScript ("PostScript Language Tutorial and Cookbook", Adobe Systems, Addison-Wesley 1985, QA76.73.P67P68, ISBN 0-201-10179-3); the other three official guides are known as the Green Book, the Red Book, and the White Book (sense 2). 2. Informal name for one of the three standard references on Smalltalk: "Smalltalk-80: The Language and its Implementation", David Robson, Addison-Wesley 1983, QA76.8.S635G64, ISBN 0-201-11371-63 (this book also has green and red siblings). 3. Any of the 1988 standards issued by the CCITT's ninth plenary assembly. These include, among other things, the X.400 email spec and the Group 1 through 4 fax standards. See also {book titles. Source: Jargon File.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms within Context: Blue Book

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
List	Red book, Blue book, Domesday book; cadastre; directory, gazetter. almanac; army list, clergy list, civil service list, navy list; Almanach de Gotha, cadaster; Lloyd's register, nautical almanac;
Record	Archive, scroll, state paper, return, blue book; statistics; compte rendu; Acts of, Transactions of, Proceedings of; Hansard's Debates; chronicle,annals, legend; history, biography; Congressional Records.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Commercial Usage: Blue Book

Domain	Title
Books	Blue Book of Gun Values (23rd Edition) (reference) Kelley Blue Book: Used Car Guide, Consumer Edition, 1988-2002 Models January-2003-June (Kelley Blue Book Used Car Guide, Consumer Edition, Vol 11, pt (reference) SAP Blue Book, A Concise Business Guide to the World of SAP (reference) The Blue Book of Grammar and Punctuation (reference) (more book examples)

Periodicals	Src Blue Book Of Long Range 12 Year Cycli Graphs Of Listed Stocks (reference) Rental Rate Blue Book For Older Equipment - Vol 2 (reference) Electronic Abos Marine Blue Book - Cd-rom (reference) Alabama Blue Book (reference) Older Truck Blue Book (reference) (more periodical examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Use in Literature: Blue Book

Title	Author	Quote
Grapes of Wrath	Steinbeck, John	A lot and a house large enough for a desk and chair and a blue book.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Non-Fiction Usage: Blue Book

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Indonesia	Projects listed in the Blue Book are classified into three categories, A, B, and C, according to their stage of preparation (i.e. feasibility). (references)
Trade	El Salvador	For valuation of used cars, Customs uses N.A.D.A., Edmund's and the Truck Blue Book. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Frequency of Internet Expressions: Blue Book

Modern Translation: Blue Book

Language		Translations for "blue book"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Italian		QBB (Quality blue book), libro blu della qualità (Quality blue book). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		ブリッジ回路 (bloomers, blue, blue backs, Blue Bird, blue boy, blue chip, blue day, blue film, Blue Impulse, blue Monday, Blue Ribbon, blue sex, blue train, blueberry, blue-black, blue-collar worker, blueglass, blues, bourgeois, bourgeoisie, bridge circuit, brilliant, brilliant cut, British Airways, British Columbia, broom, Brussels, Bulgaria, bull, Burkina Faso, childpornography), homosexual, shops where girls' uniforms and underwear are resold to dirty old men, sleeping train). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		ブルーブック . (various references)

Pig Latin		ueblay ookbay.(various references)

Portuguese		relatório do parlamento. (various references)

Spanish		libro azul. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Blue Book

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: bluebook.
	Words within the letters "b-b-e-k-l-o-o-u"
	-3 letters: bloke, boule, kebob, obole.
	-4 letters: bleb, blob, blub, blue, bole, bolo, boob, book, bubo, bulb, bulk, kobo, koel, kolo, leku, lobe, lobo, look, lube, oboe, obol, oleo.
	-5 letters: bel, bob, boo, bub, ebb, elk, kob, kue, lek, leu, lob, loo, obe, oke, ole, uke.
	Words containing the letters "b-b-e-k-l-o-o-u"
	+1 letter: bluebooks.
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Expression	Frequency per Day	Expression	Frequency per Day
kelly blue book	91,138	kelly blue book used car price	223
blue book	26,242	blue book.com kelley	202
blue book value	3,072	blue book used car values	201
nada blue book	2,012	camper blue book	195
auto blue book	1,743	kelly blue book com	192
car blue book	1,503	kelly blue book motorcycle	188
boat blue book	1,226	boat blue book value	177
blue book values	1,107	construction blue book	167
kelly blue book value	969	kelly blue book rv	167
car blue book value	818	motor home blue book	164
blue book.com kelly	757	auto blue book value	160
motorcycle blue book	756	apartment blue book	156
blue book price	629	gun blue book	152
automobile blue book	582	blue book value used car	144
rv blue book	479	kelly blue book pricing	144
used car blue book	417	blue book camper kelly	140
blue book car values	403	orion blue book	136
kelly blue book boat	398	travel trailer blue book	135
blue book car price	383	vehicle blue book	135
blue book.com	358	blue book leos	134
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.