Shard

• Sherd
  Sherd
  In archaeology, a sherd is commonly a historic or prehistoric fragment of pottery, although the term is occasionally used to refer to fragments of stone and glass vessels as well....
  
  , a piece of glass, pottery or stone, ie sea glass
• Elytron
  Elytron
  An elytron is a modified, hardened forewing of certain insect orders, notably beetles and true bugs . An elytron is sometimes also referred to as a shard....
  
  , a forewing found on some insect species
• Shard London Bridge
  Shard London Bridge
  Shard London Bridge, also known as London Bridge Tower, the Shard of Glass, 32 London Bridge and The Shard is a supertall skyscraper under construction in Southwark, London...
  
  , a planned skyscraper
• "Meth", another word for the drug Methamphetamine
  Methamphetamine
  Methamphetamine also known as metamfetamine , dextromethamphetamine, methylamphetamine, N-methylamphetamine, and desoxyephedrine) is a psychostimulant and sympathomimetic drug. Methamphetamine enters the brain and triggers a cascading release of dopamine, serotonin and norepinephrine...
  
  , referring to the shard-like crystals

Popular culture

• Shard (comics)
  Shard (comics)
  Shard is a mutant character in the Marvel Comics universe.-Fictional character biography:Shard was a Lieutenant in Xavier's Security Enforcers, with her older brother Bishop in their native timeline in the 2080s. Shard was born in a mutant concentraton camp, in which mutants were branded over...
  
  , a comic book character
• Rex Shard, a character in the TV series SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
  SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron
  SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron is an animated series for television created by Christian Tremblay and Yvon Tremblay and produced by Hanna-Barbera Productions and Turner Program Services....
  
  

Computing

• Shard (database architecture)
  Shard (database architecture)
  A shard is a method of horizontal partitioning in a database or search engine.- Shard database architecture :Horizontal partitioning is a design principle whereby rows of a database table are held separately, rather than splitting by columns...
  
  , a method of horizontal partitioning
  Partition (database)
  A partition is a division of a logical database or its constituting elements into distinct independent parts. Database partitioning is normally done for manageability, performance or availability reasons....
  
   in a database
• A method of database partioning used in a shared nothing architecture
  Shared nothing architecture
  A shared nothing architecture is a distributed computing architecture in which each node is independent and self-sufficient, and there is no single point of contention across the system...
  
  
• One of many separate servers hosting a Massively multiplayer online game
  Massively multiplayer online game
  A massively multiplayer online game is a video game which is capable of supporting hundreds or thousands of players simultaneously. By necessity, they are played on the Internet, and feature at least one persistent world. They are, however, not necessarily games played on personal computers...