Strikeout vs. Delete — What's the Difference?

In baseball or softball, a strikeout (or strike-out) occurs when a batter accrues three strikes during a time at bat. It usually means the batter is out.

To cancel, strike out, or make impossible to be perceived

An out made by a batter charged with three strikes and credited to the pitcher who threw the strikes.

To remove from a document or record

(countable) An instance or the act of yielding nothing.

To remove (a file, for example) from a hard drive or other storage medium.

An instance or the act of striking out.

To remove, get rid of or erase, especially written or printed material, or data on a computer or other device.

Cancellation of a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.

To defeat or dominate.

To cancel a portion of text by crossing it out without deleting it; strikethrough.

To kill or murder.

An out made by a batter against whom three strikes were called in a single at-bat; also, the same out as credited to the pitcher, in the scoring of the game.

(computing) A deletion.

An out resulting from the batter getting three strikes

(recorded entertainment industry) A remainder of a music or video release.

(uncountable) Delete

(computing) The delete character (U+007F or %7F).

To blot out; to erase; to expunge; to dele; to omit.

Remove or make invisible;

Wipe out magnetically recorded information

Cut or eliminate;