what is overflow properties in CSS?

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AVADHESH PATEL · Answer

Some content in an element may fall outside the element’s rendering box for a number of reasons In cases where this occurs, the ‘overflow’ property describes what to do with the content outside the elements rendering area.
see example as following
http://www.mindstick.com/Articles/3eaf46bf-7086-4fc5-b853-58f52ce37885/?Overflow%20property%20using%20CSS3%20and%20HTML

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