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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>boustrophedon</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../B.html" title="B"/><link rel="previous" href="bounce-message.html" title="bounce message"/><link rel="next" href="box.html" title="box"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">boustrophedon</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="bounce-message.html">Prev</a> </td><th width="60%" align="center">B</th><td width="20%" align="right"> <a accesskey="n" href="box.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="boustrophedon"/><dt xmlns="" id="boustrophedon"><b>boustrophedon</b>: <span xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml" class="grammar">n.</span></dt></dt><dd><p> [from a Greek word for turning like an ox while plowing] An ancient
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method of writing using alternate left-to-right and right-to-left lines.
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This term is actually philologists' techspeak and typesetters' jargon.
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Erudite hackers use it for an optimization performed by some computer
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typesetting software and moving-head printers. The adverbial form
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‘boustrophedonically’ is also found (hackers purely love
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