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		rakah on June 8, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Database “sharding” came from Ultima Online? (2009... It's interesting to learn more about the history here. When UO came out and used the shards concept I just assumed it was a callback to 1988's Ultima 5 and the shards of Mondain's gem. Linguistic history sure is blurry and organic!

Raph_Koster on June 10, 2020 [–]

It was exactly that, a callback. In fact, the game opening cinematic recounted the story.

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