[ AI ][ MEMORY ][ NOUN ]
A single, small stored unit of an AI agent's memory — one discrete fact or event — distinct from the full memory bank by being the individual piece rather than the whole store.
REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE
"The agent pulled up one specific memory shard from three sessions ago without needing to be told the context again."
LORE & ORIGIN
Borrows 'shard' from distributed-database terminology (a partitioned slice of data) and applies it to the smallest addressable unit of agent memory.
FIRST SEEN
2025
PEAK POPULARITY
2025-2026 (Emerging)
CURRENT STATUS
Mainstream Slang
Related To:Memory RecallMemory Bank
EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES
中文 zh-CN记忆分片EQUIVALENTliterally 'memory shard/fragment' - direct calque already established in Chinese distributed-systems language, applied here to agent memory
日本語 ja-JPメモリシャードBORROWEDメモリ (borrowed 'memory') + シャード (borrowed 'shard') - standard term in Japanese AI-technical discussion
한국어 ko-KR메모리 샤드BORROWED메모리 (borrowed 'memory') + 샤드 (borrowed 'shard') - standard term in Korean AI-technical discussion
AURA IMPACT ⓘ
+15 AURA
TREND STATUS
↑ HIGH RISING FAST · MODERATE
CULTURE CATEGORY
[ AI ][ MEMORY ][ NOUN ]
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