Blue book

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Blue book is a term used in various fields. It often refers to an almanac or other compilation of statistics and information. The Tennessee Blue Book traces the term to the large blue velvet-covered books used for record-keeping by the Parliament of the United Kingdom beginning in the 15th century.^[1]

Examples of the use of this term include:

U.K. politics and government

• Treachery of the Blue Books, an 1847 Welsh parliamentary report on the state of education in the country
• The nickname given to a parliamentary paper. In the 19th century, many of these were issued with a blue cover, and the term was applied to all parliamentary papers. Now obsolete.
• A weekly digest of signals intelligence reports by the British intelligence agency GCHQ
• The nickname of the annual publication of the Motor Sports Association
• Annual reports produced by the governments of each crown colony and protectorate of the British Empire
• The United Kingdom annual National Statistics Blue Book, containing the estimates of the domestic and national product, income and expenditure.

U.S. politics and military

• Blue Book (United States Marine Corps), a bulletin listing the lineal precedence and seniority of Marine Corps officers
• Project Blue Book, a U.S. Air Force study on UFOs
• Wisconsin Blue Book, an almanac of state government affairs and statistics. Several other states produce similar publications, including the Tennessee Blue Book.

Literature and media

• Blue Book (magazine), published from 1905 to 1975
• Bluebook, a citation guide used in law review articles or legal documents
• Blue Book (racing), a publication of The Jockey Club
• A common name of the Handbook of United States Coins by R.S. Yeoman
• A guide to houses of prostitution in the Storyville district of New Orleans, published between 1895 and 1915
• The publications of the European Central Bank describing the main payment and securities settlement systems in the EU Member States
• Project UFO, a 1978 television series about fictional UFO investigators, created by Jack Webb, and based loosely on the United States Air Force investigation known as "Project Blue Book".

Computing and technology

• Blue Book specification, the name of one format from the Rainbow Book standards for compact discs, defining the Enhanced CD standard
• A set of telecommunications Recommendations issued by the International Telecommunication Union Standardisation Sector in 1988
• A common name of the book Smalltalk-80: The Language and its Implementation, and any virtual machine implementation based on it
• Blue Book protocol, the File Transfer Protocol of the Coloured Book protocols
• The Java Virtual Machine Specification
• Blue Books, spacecraft data and telemetry recommendations made by the Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems

Automotive and Aviation

• Aircharter Bluebook,a comprehensive worldwide guide to aircharter services which includes AirCharter operators, brokers, cargo operators and Air Ambulance services.
• Aircraft Bluebook, a digest that covers the price and condition of used general aviation aircraft in the U.S; the Aircraft Bluebook Rating Scale (or "Bluebook scale") is used in the aviation industry to rate the condition of used aircraft
• Kelley Blue Book, an automotive appraisal firm

Education

• Blue book exam, a type of test involving writing an essay
• The lecture notes of Ludwig Wittgenstein's 1933–1934 Cambridge class, on the philosophy of language

Jewelry

• Blue Book is the Tiffany & Co. catalog first published in 1845. It is still being published today.
• The World Jewellery Confederation Blue Book is a three-part publication outlining terminology, classification and ethical guidelines (i.e. disclosure of treatments and synthetics) for coloured gemstones, diamonds and pearls.

Biology

• UNEP has compiled endangered species of the world under this book

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