strikeovers
Deleted then retyped
Strikeovers are typed characters superimposed on other characters, created when a typist backspaces and types over a mistake without erasing it first.
The term belongs to the typewriter era, when corrections left visible traces: The manuscript was full of strikeovers and whiteout.
In word processing, strikethrough formatting—a line through deleted text—serves a similar function of showing revision history.
Fixing of mistakes
- deletionRemoval of content
- errorFault in communication
- typewriterMechanical printing keyboard
- mistakeWrong action or decision
redaction · draft · revision · keystroke · ribbon · carbon-copy · manuscript · editing
Voiding of plans
- voidingNullifying or emptying
- amendmentChange to official text
- ledgerFinancial record book
- bookkeepingRecording financial transactions systematically
entry · correction · audit · reconciliation · adjustment · reversal · notation · posting
Obscuring sensitive text
- amendmentChange to official text
- contractEnforceable written agreement
- revisionAltering to improve
- deletionRemoval of content
document · clause · modification · notation · initialed · witnessed · alteration · crossing-out
correction
Fixing of mistakes
- deletionRemoval of content
- errorFault in communication
- typewriterMechanical printing keyboard
mistake · redaction · draft · revision · keystroke · ribbon · carbon-copy · manuscript · editing · typo
cancellation
Voiding of plans
bookkeeping · entry · correction · audit · reconciliation · adjustment · reversal · notation · posting · erasure
redaction
Obscuring sensitive text
deletion · document · clause · modification · notation · initialed · witnessed · alteration · crossing-out · authentication
strikeoversinsertions
Things put into another
additions · appends · stet · original text · clean copy