10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «IDIOT TAPE»
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3. n [US] [Painting] an extension that can be added to a roller to extend the
painter's reach. idiot tape n [Computing] an input tape for a computer typesetting
which has been perforated but does not include directions for formatting the copy.
2
Newspeak (Routledge Revivals): A Dictionary of Jargon
... that goes on to indicate a mechanical malfunction on an appliance. idiot tape (
computers) an input tape for computer setting which has been perforated but
does not include directions for justifying or corrections. idle money (econ) money
that ...
3
Electronic composition in printing: proceedings of a symposium
There are two versions of the painless- procedure stories — the first goes
something like this: Low- paid help, which requires only the barest minimum of
training, perforates simple tape (or as it is called by some, "idiot" tape) from
original copy.
Richard W. Lee, Roy W. Worral, Center for Computer Sciences and Technology, 1968
D5, Escondido, CA 92025 (619)480-9616 Films. Computer technology goes awry
in the Dutch horror film. format the output. Tape without these codes is called idiot
tape. Now that magnetic disks are being used for input to most typesetters ...
5
Technology, Organizations and Innovation: Critical empirical ...
The 'idiot' tape as it was called, was fed into the computer which emitted a new
tape with H-and-J instructions for the linecaster. TTS was a very productive new
division of labour but it was not yet photocomposition. The photo principle arrived
...
Ian McLoughlin, David Preece, Patrick Dawson, 2000
6
And Today Is Only Monday: Reflections of Days Past
Now, in 1968, The Bulletin was semi—computerized in that “idiot” tape would
come out of the teletype machine but had to be threaded into some sort of
contraption that could justify lines. The tape was then fed to another machine
attached to a ...
7
Grid: A Modular System for the Design and Production of ...
When this tape is run without line break indications it is sometimes called "idiot
tape." Tape merger: A. fast and efficient method of incorporating typographic. of
the medium. It stands for "garbage in, garbage out" and emphasizes that results ...
8
Encyclopedia of Computer Science and Technology: Volume 5 - ...
COMPUTER-AIDED COMPOSITION of words, and was called by some "idiot tape
." The Linasec was a wired program device in which the character widths were
stored in the form of a "width-plug.'* The width-plug approach has been used ...
Jack Belzer, Albert G. Holzman, Allen Kent, 1976
9
The Chambers Dictionary
Idiot tape (comput) a tape that prints out a continuous flow of characters, without
breaks. [Fr, from L idiota. from Gr idiotes a private person, ordinary person, one
who holds no public office or has no professional knowledge, from idios own, ...
10
Handbook of Typography for the Mathematical Sciences
The plate is etched, and becomes the printing plate. (3) Paper tape typesetting:
This is a variant of (2), in which the output is on a stream of paper tape (known in
the industry as "idiot tape"). The tape is then used — as in a Turing machine — to
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