English

Etymology
de- + duplicate|dup(licate) with the final e retained to ensure the u is long

Transitive verb
de-dupe, de-duping, de-duped (less commonly de-dup)

1. computing To remove duplicate entries from a list or database.

#: When I de-duped my MP3 database, it shrank by more than half!

Noun
de-dupe (less commonly de-dup)

1. The act of de-duping.

#: After that de-dupe, my MP3 database took half as much space!

• 2007-05-22 01:23 - AutoFormat - header -Transitive Verb +Transitive verb, -(''computing'') +{{computing}}

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