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Original · left

Bank vault

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

HashiCorp Vault

First in use: c. 2015

Vault / Bank vault / HashiCorp Vault

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A safe vs. secrets management.

Which meaning of Vault is the original, and which one is the duplicate riding on its name? Bank vault came first (ancient / pre-modern). HashiCorp Vault arrived in 2015. The data below shows which one owns the word now.

Wikipedia pageviews since 2015

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The case for each meaning

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Original · ancient / pre-modern

Bank vault

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Duplicate · c. 2015

HashiCorp Vault

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