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).

