Shard or

sherd In archaeology, a sherd, or more precisely, potsherd, 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. Occasionally, a piece of broken p ...

is a sharp piece of glass, pottery or stone. Shard may also refer to:

Places

* Shard End, a place in Birmingham, United Kingdom

Architecture

* Dresden Shard, a redesign of the Bundeswehr Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany * The Shard, a skyscraper in London, United Kingdom

Arts, entertainment, and media

* Shard (comics), a character in the Marvel Comics universe * Rex Shard, a character in ''SWAT Kats: The Radical Squadron'' * "The Shard", a chapter in ''Mirror's Edge''

Science and technology

* Shard (database architecture), a method of horizontal partitioning in a database * Elytron or shard, a forewing found on some insect species

Places

Architecture

Arts, entertainment, and media

Science and technology

See also