1. A search operation designed to find and identify duplicate records, files, or data entries within a database, system, or collection
The database administrator ran a duplicate search to identify redundant customer records.
O administrador do banco de dados executou uma busca de duplicatas para identificar registros de clientes redundantes.
2. The process of scanning a system to locate identical or near-identical items that should be consolidated or removed
A duplicate search revealed multiple versions of the same document in the archive.
Uma busca de duplicatas revelou várias versões do mesmo documento no arquivo.