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Beowulf cluster

Beowulf cluster noun: a cluster of standard personal computers linked by a local area network, usually on the order of 10 nodes.

Noun

Beowulf cluster (plural Beowulf clusters)

  1. A cluster of standard personal computers linked by a local area network, usually on the order of 10 nodes.
    • One day, all of your bank and credit card transactions may be processed by Beowulf clusters.1999, Rajkumar Buyya, High Performance Cluster Computing: Architectures and systems, page 641
    • With the use of a beowulf cluster the time to process the large amount of data available for the BEOWFI project will be reduced, and the project will also demonstrate the effectiveness of using beowulf clusters in wide field imaging astronomy.2001, A. Grado, et al., The BEOWFI Project: Reducing WFI Data with a Beowulf Cluster, IAU Commission 9 Working Group on Sky Surveys, The New Era of Wide Field Astronomy: Proceedings of a Conference...

Forms of Beowulf cluster

pluralBeowulf clusters

Origin of Beowulf cluster

So called because Beowulf is described as having þrittiges / manna mægencræft on his mundgripe (“Thirty men’s strength in his hand-grip”), approximately reflecting the number of nodes in the cluster.

Questions about Beowulf cluster

What does Beowulf cluster mean?
Beowulf cluster means a cluster of standard personal computers linked by a local area network, usually on the order of 10 nodes.
What part of speech is Beowulf cluster?
Beowulf cluster is a noun.
What is the plural of Beowulf cluster?
The plural of Beowulf cluster is Beowulf clusters.

Words near Beowulf cluster in the dictionary

  1. beots
  2. Beougher
  3. Beoughers
  4. beour
  5. Beowulf
  6. Beowulf cluster
  7. Beowulf clusters
  8. Beowulfian
  9. Beowulfiana
  10. Beowulfs
  11. BEP

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