Noun: Beowulf 'bey-u,wûlf
- The legendary hero of an anonymous Old English epic poem composed in the early 8th century; he slays a monster and becomes king but dies fighting a dragon
- (computing) type of parallel computing cluster made from many cheap computer units in a network
- Beowulf cluster
Type of: character, cluster, computer cluster, fictional character, fictitious character
Encyclopedia: Beowulf, the Monsters & the Critics