De-dupe meaning
De-dupe stands for de-duplication and is defined as optimizing data storage by eliminating duplicate copies of data.
An example of de-dupe is to remove multiple copies of the same file that are stored in a database in multiple locations.
verb
(computing) To remove duplicate entries from a list or database.
When I de-duped my MP3 database, it shrank by more than half!
verb
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The act of de-duping.
After that de-dupe, my MP3 database took half as much space!
noun
Origin of de-dupe
- de- +"Ž dupe
From Wiktionary