In typesetting, the use of a computer to make the mathematical decisions to drive the typesetting machine. An idiot tape is produced on a keyboard and subsequently input to the computer which sums the set widths of individual characters and spaces on a line, makes the necessary end of line decisions, such as hyphenation and justfication, and then outputs a justified tape used to drive the phototypesetter or metal linecasting machine.; 在排版技術(shù)中,使用計(jì)算機(jī)來作出驅(qū)動(dòng)排字機(jī)所需的數(shù)學(xué)判斷。使用鍵盤產(chǎn)生無格式要求的穿孔 紙帶,輸入到計(jì)算中;計(jì)算機(jī)算出一行中字符的排字寬度及空格的寬度之和并作出必要的行尾 判斷,例如加連字符及版面調(diào)整等;最后輸出一個(gè)帶格式要求的紙帶來驅(qū)動(dòng)照相排字機(jī)或金屬連鑄機(jī)。參閱hyphenation, justify, linecaster。