Sentence:  "Computer Lib" was written as a popular primer, but its most profound effect was on computer programmers, who needed little persuasion about the value of computers. Its tone – energetic, optimistic, inexhaustible, confused – matched theirs exactly. Having set out to appeal to the general public, Nelson managed to publish an insider's <WSD>bible</WSD> and highly intimate guide to hacker culture. 
Meaning of the word marked with <WSD> tags:  A comprehensive manual that describes something. (e.g., handyman's bible).