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==Original== Beowulf originally referred to a specific computer built in 1994 by [[Thomas Sterling (computing)|Thomas Sterling]] and [[Donald Becker]] at [[NASA]].<ref>{{cite journal |journal=Proceedings, International Conference on Parallel Processing |date=1995 |volume=95|last1=Becker |first1=Donald J |last2=Sterling |first2=Thomas |last3=Savarese |first3=Daniel |last4=Dorband |first4=John E |last5=Ranawak |first5=Udaya A |last6=Packer |first6=Charles V |url=http://www.phy.duke.edu/~rgb/brahma/Resources/beowulf/papers/ICPP95/icpp95.html|title=BEOWULF: A parallel workstation for scientific computation}}</ref> They named it after the [[Old English]] epic poem, ''[[Beowulf<!--WP:OFTHESAMENAME-->]]''.<ref> See [[Francis Barton Gummere]]'s 1909 translation, reprinted (for example) in {{cite book | translator = Francis B. Gummere | year = 1909 | title = Beowulf | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ZCA4DbBCUlAC | publisher = Hayes Barton Press | page = 20 | isbn = 9781593773700 | access-date = 2014-01-16 | url-status = }}{{dead link|date=September 2023}} </ref>
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