# Shard

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**Shard** or **[sherd](/source/Sherd)** is a sharp piece of glass, pottery, or stone.

**Shard** may also refer to:

## Places

- [Shard End](/source/Shard_End), a place in Birmingham, United Kingdom

## Architecture

- [Dresden Shard](/source/Dresden_Shard), a redesign of the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany
- [The Shard](/source/The_Shard), a skyscraper in London, United Kingdom

## Arts, entertainment, and media

- [Shard (character)](/source/Shard_(character)), a character in the Marvel Comics universe
- [*Shards* (EP)](/source/Shards_(EP)), an EP by Tim Hecker
- Rex Shard, a character in *[SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron](/source/SWAT_Kats:_The_Radical_Squadron)*
- "The Shard", a chapter in *[Mirror's Edge](/source/Mirror's_Edge)*

## Science and technology

- [Shard (database architecture)](/source/Shard_(database_architecture)), a method of horizontal partitioning in a database
- [Elytron](/source/Elytron) or shard, a forewing found on some insect species

## See also

- [Lauren Bell (cricketer)](/source/Lauren_Bell_(cricketer)), nicknamed The Shard
- [Shared (disambiguation)](/source/Shared_(disambiguation))

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