hot zone

noun

1. computing a variable area towards the end of a line of text that informs the operator that a decision must be taken as to whether to hyphenate or begin a new line

Example Sentences

In recent years, she served as an executive producer on TV series including “Helix,” “Hot in Cleveland,” “Good Girls Revolt” and “The Hot Zone.”

From Los Angeles Times

The series of blasts in the Tierra Caliente — an area along the border of Jalisco and Michoacán states that has long been a hot zone for cartel warfare — mark an alarming escalation of violence in Mexico as criminal groups arm themselves with ever-more sophisticated and deadly weaponry.

From Los Angeles Times

“It bubbles, and keeps the temperature higher,” said Stephen Richer, the county recorder in Maricopa County, Ariz., a hot zone for election conspiracy theories.

From New York Times

Photos from the scene showed the small brown-brick apartment building cut off from the road by red and yellow tape saying: "Contaminated area - do not enter - hot zone".

From BBC

The surge of gamma waves in dying subjects was particularly intense in a brain region Borjigin refers to as the “posterior cortical ‘hot zone,’” located near the back of the skull.

From Scientific American