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StackOverflow.org began as the merging of two ideas that have been kicking around in my head for years. First, I wanted a dorky programming-related domain name, and all the cool ones (things like void stars, null pointers, and segfaults) seemed to be taken, but I luckily stumbled across this one in 2004. Second, I wanted a place where I could keep the information I tend to constantly look up on Google. It seems I am constantly needing to look up an obscure HTTP response code (Quick! What error code is "Forbidden?") or some rarely used MIME/Multipart header. I also have a number of configuration files and snippets of useful code, some of which is in my organizer, some on my laptop, and some on a system at work. One solution would have been to keep my files together and bookmark specs, then use synchronization software that will copy the bookmarks around between different browsers and different operating systems. This does not work when I sit down at a coworker's computer and need to figure out a positional function for an XPath statement.

So, without further adieu, I bring you the site that I use to collect these various specifications and files. I hope you find it as useful as I have.

brian@netninja.com

HTML / Javascript

HTML

[here] [tarball] [@W3C] HTML v4.01
[here] [tarball] [@W3C] HTML v5 dev snapshot, 2022-03-08
[here] [tarball] [@W3C] Cascading Stylesheets v2.1 (CSS2)

Javascript

[here] [tarball]   Old Netscape JS v1.3 Reference, including browser objects
    [@Mozilla] Core Javascript 1.5 Reference
    [@Mozilla] Gecko DOM Reference
[here] [zip] [@W3C] W3C DOM Level 2 Core

“Web Safe” Color Table

Visibone Color Chart
Visibone Color Chart
FFF
 FFF
CCC
 CCC
999
 999
666
 666
333
 333
000
 000
FFC
 C00
FF9
 900
FF6
 600
FF3
 300
99C
 C00
CC9
 900
FFC
 C33
FFC
 C66
FF9
 966
FF6
 633
CC3
 300
CC0
 033
CCF
 F00
CCF
 F33
333
 300
666
 600
999
 900
CCC
 C00
FFF
 F00
CC9
 933
CC6
 633
330
 000
660
 000
990
 000
CC0
 000
FF0
 000
FF3
 366
FF0
 033
99F
 F00
CCF
 F66
99C
 C33
666
 633
999
 933
CCC
 C33
FFF
 F33
996
 600
993
 300
663
 333
993
 333
CC3
 333
FF3
 333
CC3
 366
FF6
 699
FF0
 066
66F
 F00
99F
 F66
66C
 C33
669
 900
999
 966
CCC
 C66
FFF
 F66
996
 633
663
 300
996
 666
CC6
 666
FF6
 666
990
 033
CC3
 399
FF6
 6CC
FF0
 099
33F
 F00
66F
 F33
339
 900
66C
 C00
99F
 F33
CCC
 C99
FFF
 F99
CC9
 966
CC6
 600
CC9
 999
FF9
 999
FF3
 399
CC0
 066
990
 066
FF3
 3CC
FF0
 0CC
00C
 C00
33C
 C00
336
 600
669
 933
99C
 C66
CCF
 F99
FFF
 FCC
FFC
 C99
FF9
 933
FFC
 CCC
FF9
 9CC
CC6
 699
993
 366
660
 033
CC0
 099
330
 033
33C
 C33
66C
 C66
00F
 F00
33F
 F33
66F
 F66
99F
 F99
CCF
 FCC
CC9
 9CC
996
 699
993
 399
990
 099
663
 366
660
 066
006
 600
336
 633
009
 900
339
 933
669
 966
99C
 C99
FFC
 CFF
FF9
 9FF
FF6
 6FF
FF3
 3FF
FF0
 0FF
CC6
 6CC
CC3
 3CC
003
 300
00C
 C33
006
 633
339
 966
66C
 C99
99F
 FCC
CCF
 FFF
339
 9FF
99C
 CFF
CCC
 CFF
CC9
 9FF
996
 6CC
663
 399
330
 066
990
 0CC
CC0
 0CC
00F
 F33
33F
 F66
009
 933
00C
 C66
33F
 F99
99F
 FFF
99C
 CCC
006
 6CC
669
 9CC
999
 9FF
999
 9CC
993
 3FF
660
 0CC
660
 099
CC3
 3FF
CC0
 0FF
00F
 F66
66F
 F99
33C
 C66
009
 966
66F
 FFF
66C
 CCC
669
 999
003
 366
336
 699
666
 6FF
666
 6CC
666
 699
330
 099
993
 3CC
CC6
 6FF
990
 0FF
00F
 F99
66F
 FCC
33C
 C99
33F
 FFF
33C
 CCC
339
 999
336
 666
006
 699
003
 399
333
 3FF
333
 3CC
333
 399
333
 366
663
 3CC
996
 6FF
660
 0FF
00F
 FCC
33F
 FCC
00F
 FFF
00C
 CCC
009
 999
006
 666
003
 333
339
 9CC
336
 6CC
000
 0FF
000
 0CC
000
 099
000
 066
000
 033
663
 3FF
330
 0FF
00C
 C99
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 9CC
33C
 CFF
66C
 CFF
669
 9FF
336
 6FF
003
 3CC
330
 0CC
00C
 CFF
009
 9FF
006
 6FF
003
 3FF
PHP

PHP

[here] [tarball] [@PHP.net] PHP v8.1.3

Or jump directly to a commonly used section:

Python

Python v2.x

[here] [tarball] [@python.org] Python v2.7.18
[here] [tarball] [@python.org] Python v3.9.10
Java

Java API (Standard Edition)

[here] [tarball]   Java 1.4.1 API
[here] [tarball] [@Sun] Java 6 API
C / C++

C / C++

[here] [tarball] [@SGI] STL API
ASCII Chart
Low ASCII Chart
High ASCII Chart
Internet RFCs

HTTP

[here] [@IETF] RFC-1945: Hypertext Transfer Protocol v1.0
[here] [@IETF] RFC-2616: Hypertext Transfer Protocol v1.1
[here] [@IETF] RFC-2617: HTTP Basic And Digest Authentication

MIME

[here] [@IETF] RFC-2045: MIME v1.0
[here] [@IETF] RFC-2046: MIME Media Types
[here] [@IETF] RFC-2387: MIME Multipart Related
XML
[here] [@W3C] XSL Transforms (XSLT)
[here] [@W3C] XPath
Tools

Translators

ROT-N: ROT-13, ROT-1, ROT-26, and everything in between
Binary: Translate between binary and ASCII
BASE64: Translate to/from BASE64
Vigenere: Encode/decode Vigenere ciphers
Substitution (Cryptoslam): Work with substitution ciphers, Java applet
Substitution (PHP): Work with substitution ciphers
Transposition: Work with rectangular transposition ciphers
Anagram Grid: Build an anagram grid, suitable for printing, cutting apart and using like Scrabble tiles

Tables

Common words
Letters and their frequency
Commonly used passwords

Other

Highlighting logs for phpBB
Countdown Timer Predictor
Tea Timer
Password Generator
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