HYBRID OF PROXIMITY AND IDENTITY SIMILARITY BASED DEDUPLICATION IN A DATA DEDUPLICATION SYSTEM

For a hybrid of proximity and identity similarity based deduplication in a data deduplication, comparing color intensity for additional classification enhancement of colored files grouped together by file coloring where a preferred character is represented for the file coloring using a code selected from a multiplicity of codes that represent a variety of contexts. The original meaning of the preferred character is retained when representing the preferred character for the file coloring by the code selected from the multiplicity of codes.