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Borg (Star Trek)

First in use: c. 1989
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Borg (cluster manager)

First in use: c. 2003

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Resistance is futile vs. Kubernetes' ancestor.

Which meaning of Borg is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Borg (Star Trek) came first (c. 1989). Borg (cluster manager) arrived in 2003. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Original · c. 1989

Borg (Star Trek)

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Duplicate · c. 2003

Borg (cluster manager)

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