(idea) by Jargon Thu Jul 19 2001 at 9:44:18
Green's Theorem = G = grep

greenbar n.

A style of fanfolded continuous-feed paper with alternating green and white bars on it, especially used in old-style line printers. This slang almost certainly dates way back to mainframe days.

--The Jargon File version 4.3.1, ed. ESR, autonoded by rescdsk.

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