Cool word: Boustrophedonic, meaning text that alternates left-to-right, then right-to-left.

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Cool word: Boustrophedonic, meaning text that alternates left-to-right, then right-to-left. Read the article for an amusing ending.

Found via Raymond Chen’s blog, http://blogs.msdn.com/b/oldnewthing/archive/2011/12/22/10250164.aspx

http://blogs.msdn.com/b/ericlippert/archive/2009/03/26/five-dollar-words-for-programmers-part-four-boustrophedonic.aspx

2 replies on “Cool word: Boustrophedonic, meaning text that alternates left-to-right, then right-to-left.”

  2. Matt Haffner – aha, that makes sense! I wouldn’t have thought of that. The article does make reference to inkjet printer scanning patterns. You might also think of hard drive seek optimizations or lawn mowing or supermarket aisles.

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