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Appendix 17. Computerized Publishing
Pages 113-117

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... In its newspaper application, a typical system would consist of the following operations: 1. The reporter types his copy in the customary way except that in certain systems the output consists of a punched paper tape in addition to the usual hard copy.
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... The logical method, owing to the completely arbitrary nature of English syllabification rules, cannot attain 100 percent accuracy. The dictionary look-up method requires a much larger computer memory than the logical method.
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... CC cd ~ _ C O ~— C ' ~—4 0 _ _ L O V ~ C~ C C _ ._ C; — Q C: — C~ , ~ ~ 5 C C C~ t ~ _ 5 L Ct .
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