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'''Plagiarism detection''' or '''content similarity detection''' is the process of locating instances of [[plagiarism]] or [[copyright infringement]] within a work or document. The widespread use of computers and the advent of the Internet have made it easier to plagiarize the work of others.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Plagiarism, prevention, deterrence and detection |url=https://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.107.178&rep=rep1&type=pdf |url-status=dead |access-date=2022-11-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210418111409/http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/download?doi=10.1.1.107.178&rep=rep1&type=pdf |archive-date=18 April 2021 |last1=Culwin |first1=Fintan |last2=Lancaster |first2=Thomas |year=2001 |via=[[Advance HE|The Higher Education Academy]]}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name=":0">Bretag, T., & Mahmud, S. (2009). A model for determining student plagiarism: Electronic detection and academic judgement. ''Journal of University Teaching & Learning Practice, 6''(1). Retrieved from <nowiki>http://ro.uow.edu.au/jutlp/vol6/iss1/6</nowiki></ref>
Detection of plagiarism can be undertaken in a variety of ways. Human detection is the most traditional form of identifying plagiarism from written work. This can be a lengthy and time-consuming task for the reader<ref name=":0" /> and can also result in inconsistencies in how plagiarism is identified within an organization.<ref>Macdonald, R., & Carroll, J. (2006). Plagiarism—a complex issue requiring a holistic institutional approach. ''Assessment & Evaluation in Higher Education, 31''(2), 233–245. {{doi|10.1080/02602930500262536}}</ref> Text-matching software (TMS), which is also referred to as "plagiarism detection software" or "anti-plagiarism" software, has become widely available, in the form of both commercially available products as well as open-source{{Example needed|s|date=November 2020}} software. TMS does not actually detect plagiarism per se, but instead finds specific passages of text in one document that match text in another document.
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