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Blue Dragon Book

Blue Dragon Book proper noun: the first edition of Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (1986), a notable textbook about compiler construction.

Proper noun

the Blue Dragon Book

  1. (slang) The first edition of Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (1986), a notable textbook about compiler construction.

Origin of Blue Dragon Book

The textbook was originally published with a blue dragon on its cover art.

Questions about Blue Dragon Book

What does Blue Dragon Book mean?
Blue Dragon Book means the first edition of Compilers: Principles, Techniques, and Tools (1986), a notable textbook about compiler construction.
What part of speech is Blue Dragon Book?
Blue Dragon Book is a proper noun.

Words near Blue Dragon Book in the dictionary

  1. blue doe
  2. blue does
  3. Blue Dog
  4. Blue Dogs
  5. blue dragon
  6. Blue Dragon Book
  7. blue dragons
  8. blue drawers
  9. blue duck
  10. blue ducks
  11. blue duiker

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