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Bucket (pail)

An open-top container with a handle for carrying water or sand.

First in use: ancient / pre-modern
Duplicate · right

Bucket (cloud storage)

A top-level container for objects in cloud storage such as Amazon S3.

First in use: c. 2006

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Pails vs. S3 buckets.

Which meaning of Bucket is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Bucket (pail) came first (ancient / pre-modern). Bucket (cloud storage) arrived in 2006. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

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Bucket (pail)

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Duplicate · c. 2006

Bucket (cloud storage)

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