The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Bible \Bi"ble\ (b[imac]"b'l), n. [F. bible, L. biblia, pl., fr.
   Gr. bibli`a, pl. of bibli`on, dim. of bi`blos, by`blos, book,
   prop. Egyptian papyrus.]
   1. A book. [Obs.] --Chaucer.
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   2. The Book by way of eminence, -- that is, the book which
      is made up of the writings accepted by Christians as of
      divine origin and authority, whether such writings be in
      the original language, or translated; the Scriptures of
      the Old and New Testaments; -- sometimes in a restricted
      sense, the Old Testament; as, King James's Bible; Douay
      Bible; Luther's Bible. Also, the book which is made up of
      writings similarly accepted by the Jews; as, a rabbinical
      Bible.
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   3. A book containing the sacred writings belonging to any
      religion; as, the Koran is often called the Mohammedan
      Bible.
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   4. (Fig.) a book with an authoritative exposition of some
      topic, respected by many who are experts in the field.
      [PJC]

   Bible Society, an association for securing the
      multiplication and wide distribution of the Bible.

   Douay Bible. See Douay Bible.

   Geneva Bible. See under Geneva.
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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Bible
    n 1: the sacred writings of the Christian religions; "he went to
         carry the Word to the heathen" [syn: Bible, Christian
         Bible, Book, Good Book, Holy Scripture, Holy Writ,
         Scripture, Word of God, Word]
    2: a book regarded as authoritative in its field

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

bible

    The most detailed and authoritative reference
   for a particular language, operating system or other complex
   software system.  It is also used to denote one of a small
   number of such books such as Knuth and K&R.

   [Jargon File]

   (1996-12-03)


The Jargon File (version 4.4.7, 29 Dec 2003):

bible
 n.

    1. One of a small number of fundamental source books such as Knuth, K&R
    , or the Camel Book.

    2. The most detailed and authoritative reference for a particular language,
    operating system, or other complex software system.