Detection of plagiarism gaining new grounds with time

Authenticity of materials and text is fast disappearing from a world struck by cut-throat competition and an uncanny urgefor emerging at the top. The wide spectrum of plagiarism brings this horrifictruth to light. Detecting the menace of plagiarism is no doubt handled ina strictmanner but what surprises all and sundry is that many online thefts are still in vogue despite alarming concerns andconstructive steps taken in doing away with this potential evil, known to harm the very basis of man’s original thinking prowess.

In simple terms, plagiarism is the act of copying ortakingrecourse to someone else’s work in the form of ideas or materials without offering due citation or acknowledgement to the concerned person. From web owners to academicresearchers, bloggers to publishers, everyone has been facing trying timesfor their originality and paying a hefty price after their works are found to be present in the matter of someone else’s or worst, when the entire text and not chunks of it are dragged, copiedandpasted. All these bad practiceshave brought to the fore several online plagiarism detectors that can help locate the suspicious files and web pages to render itplagiarismfree and even to the extent of finding the criminals or the webaddresseswhere the copied and pasted work can befound. Now that this issue is not merely derogatory but a serious concern by law, tackling it has become easier and sterner.

Plagiarism cases are not only found in documents or academic works. Even the Press or dissertationtheses, art designs and codes in computer programs are no exception. The advent of internet has worsened thematter all the more and that has led to the development of sophisticated software to scan through the articlesandblogs. Most computerized plagiarism detection programs use the basic two approaches in dealing with the problem- first, the externalcomparison that accesses a vast collection of documents to find ‘genuineness’ and second, intrinsic analysis for comparison with other documents in the database. With the latter, statistical checks on vocabulary and linguisticstyles of the texts are made.

Most online detection programs use the following procedures for delving into the originality of a certainmaterial:

-Fingerprinting

-String matching

-Analysis of citations

Though there are other ways of finding plagiarized sections, it varies and is used accordingly by people who wish to installthesepackages in their system. If records are seen carefully, then one will understandhow certainportions of contentsare revised by deleting or inserting points and filler words. As a result, a polishedversion of the concernedcontentcomes to the fore.

Most students or budding writersresort to eitherdeliberate or accidental plagiarism. But whatever it be, it is safe tosteer clear of such things and exercisetheirbrain for producingquality stuffs. Now thatthe software tools are fast making theirentry to thescene, copied sections and background sources are found in no time and hence manipulation stands no chance.

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