2006-08-10 10:07:03 · 10 answers · asked by babygirl 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Homework Help
It's the title and main character of an old Norse legend. Maybe the person was making a literary reference, or a comparison to the hero?
2006-08-10 10:09:59 · answer #1 · answered by Beardog 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beowulf is a design for high-performance parallel computing clusters on inexpensive personal computer hardware. Originally developed by Donald Becker at NASA, Beowulf systems are now deployed worldwide, chiefly in support of scientific computing.
A Beowulf cluster is a group of usually identical PC computers running a FOSS Unix-like operating system, such as Linux or BSD. They are networked into a small TCP/IP LAN, and have libraries and programs installed which allow processing to be shared among them.
There is no particular piece of software that defines a cluster as a Beowulf. Commonly used parallel processing libraries include MPI (Message Passing Interface) and PVM (Parallel Virtual Machine). Both of these permit the programmer to divide a task among a group of networked computers, and recollect the results of processing.
The name comes from the main character in the Old English epic Beowulf.
2006-08-10 10:10:20 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
>>Beowulf scholar Tolkien noted that the name Beowulf almost certainly means bee-hunter in Old English. The name Beowulf could therefore be a kenning for "bear" due to a bear's love of honey. Bees figure prominently in many mythologies in Europe and the Near East (see Bee (mythology)). Jacob Grimm attributes the term "bee-hunter" to a type of woodpecker.
Beowulf could correspond to Bödvar Bjarki, the battle bear, from Norse sagas<<
That's what I came up with.
Does it apply to everyday life? Not really, unless you are silly enough to play with bees in your garden. However, my husband and I do make mead, this takes a lot of honey. Bees make honey. So...once a year my husband and I could be considered Beowulf. ; ) The mead is lovely.
2006-08-10 10:18:00 · answer #3 · answered by tantiemeg 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beowulf is a scandinavian "saga". It's a story about revenge set in present day Denmark. It does not apply to every day language as Beowulf is the main character along with Grendel.
2006-08-10 10:10:02 · answer #4 · answered by JTz 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Beowulf is the name of an old English saga. It is one of the eldest existant texts in the English language.
It features a Scandinavian hero named Beowulf who fights Grendal, and Grendal's mother.
It is of huge cultural importance, and a link to our past.
2006-08-10 10:13:02 · answer #5 · answered by Sean R 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would say no... Beowulf is just a story about a group of travellers written by Geoffery Chaucer. I don't think it has any real meaning as a word, at least not anymore anyway.
2006-08-10 10:10:03 · answer #6 · answered by Wookie on Water 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Oh, child, do not go with the Chaucer answer. Beowolf is so old it has no author; it falls into the area of myth, which is an immense source of truth. Beowolf is the hero of an ancient Anglo-Saxon saga of humanity's eternal struggle with good and evil and war and peace.
Read it. Seamus Heany has a very good translation.
2006-08-10 10:36:46 · answer #7 · answered by beentheredonethat 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Everlasting life comes from a committment to Jesus as Savior and Lord. If you do this, it naturally follows that you will apply His words every day.
2016-03-27 07:10:16 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
http://www.sparknotes.com/lit/beowulf/
here's a site that might help you out
2006-08-10 10:11:39 · answer #9 · answered by Deana G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
As far as I know it is just a title to a book.
2006-08-10 10:09:15 · answer #10 · answered by schoolandgolf 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋