Re: what is backtracking ?

Christophe Zwecker (doc@rrz.uni-hamburg.de)
25 Jun 1997 20:11:50 +0200

[Posted and mailed]

"Michael J. Long" <mjlong@mindspring.com> wrote:
>I believe it is the little backwards movement the "head"
>makes when it starts to read a chunk of image.
>
>It is kindof like 2 steps forward one step back. My
>understanding of why this happens is to ensure that none
>of the image is missed between chunks.
>
>I hope you weren't looking for a technical description. :^)

no, thats what I wanted, thx !

bye

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