Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,905,942,472 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

overstrike
(redirected from overstriking)

    Also found in: Dictionary/thesaurus 0.01 sec.
overstrike
(1) To type over an existing character.

(2) A character with a line through it.
Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link 		Feedback
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Encyclopedia browser?   Full browser?
No references found
 
That particular arrangement of letters was supposedly introduced in the early days of typewriting as a way of solving a mechanical problem of keys overstriking one another and becoming physically jammed.
Is Microsoft a monopolist? by McKenzie, Richard B.; Shughart, William F., II / Independent Review
Online Data Validation/ODV(TM) Data Manager -- Online Data Validation is Printronix's exclusive automated solution that evaluates every bar code to provide total scanning assurance, automatically overstriking invalid bar codes and reprinting valid ones.
Printronix Redefines the Way Businesses Manage Enterprise Printing by Business Wire
 
 
 
Encyclopedia
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.