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It's a good question. I mean, it's not entirely out of the question that the UO folks independently developed the same term without being aware of the SHARD res
by mindcrime 3y ago
It's a good question. I mean, it's not entirely out of the question that the UO folks independently developed the same term without being aware of the SHARD research. But OTOH, it's entirely possible they were aware. Without talking to somebody that was there, I doubt we'll ever know for sure.
- morelisp 3y agoRaph Koster claims parallel invention of the term "shard" for separate worlds in MMOs. https://www.raphkoster.com/2009/01/08/database-sharding-came-from-uo/ https://www.raphkoster.com/2009/01/08/database-sharding-came...