Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

beowulf cluster

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.88 in modern English

Syllables: be-owulf -clus-ter
IPA

24

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

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

Example Sentences

"One day, all of your bank and credit card transactions may be processed by Beowulf clusters."
"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, page 304, 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."
"To this end, a Beowulf cluster is constructed, configured, and tested using 15 similar computers and 1 newer, faster server using the MPI."

Etymology

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.

Inflected Forms

Beowulf clusters (plural)

Questions

What does beowulf cluster mean?: A cluster of standard personal computers linked by a local area network, usually on the order of 10 nodes.
Where does beowulf cluster come from?: 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.

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