Strike

Updated: 04/09/2024 by Computer Hope

Strike may refer to any of the following:

1. When describing text, strike may describe the horizontal line made through text when doing a strikethrough on text.

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2. With HTML (hypertext markup language), the <strike> and <s> tags create a strikethrough on web page text.

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The <del> tag also gives a strikethrough appearance.

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