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Shard (database architecture)
A database shard is a horizontal partition in a database or search engine . Each individual partition is referred to as a shard or database shard . [ edit ] Database architecture Horizontal partitioning is a database design principle whereby rows of a database table are held separately, rather than being split into columns (which is what normalization and vertical partitioning do, to differing extents).