boustrophedon

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:boustrophedon: /n./ [from a Greek word for turning like an ox while plowing] An ancient method of writing using alternate left-to-right and right-to-left lines. This term is actually philologists techspeak and typesetters jargon. Erudite hackers use it for an optimization performed by some computer typesetting software and moving-head printers. The adverbial form boustrophedonically is also found (hackers purely love constructions like this).
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