An Orange Book may refer to any of the following:

  1. The U.S. government Department of Defense security evaluations (5200.28-STD) published in December 1985. Today, the Orange Book is considered obsolete and available in the online Rainbow series listing.

  2. The Orange Book is a book first released in 1989 by Philips and Sony that defines the standard for writable discs. In this book, you can find the standards for CD-MO, CD-R, CD-ROM, and CD-RW discs.

  • Computer security help and support.

Blue book, CD terms, DOD, Green book, Red book, Security terms, White book, Yellow book

  • CD-ROM help and support.