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by chess93 2619 days ago
There is also a "Red Book" in mathematics. It is David Mumford's Algebraic Geometry book.

Are there any other fields with a "Red Book"? I am mildly curious.

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IBM has a division which produces technical books based on internal staff, business partner and client contributions. They've been doing this for quite a long time (I participated in one almost 20 years ago). Historically they had red covers and so to this day they are called the Redbooks. http://www.redbooks.ibm.com
A well-known OpenGL book was also the Red Book.

http://www.opengl-redbook.com/

The Lord of the Rings contains a Red Book which is basically itself :)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Book_of_Westmarch

I'll show myself out...

There is also a Red Book for audio CD (Compact Disc Digital Audio): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc_Digital_Audio
In civil engineering, all construction contracts are usually based on FIDIC's Red Book. This way, everybody is used to a standard contract, from lawyers to judges, in whatever jurisdiction, nationally or internationally...
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