Harry's snowy owl, gift from Hagrid

the female snowy owl belonging to Harry, who found her name in A History of Magic; Hedwig was very intelligent and very devoted to Harry

Hedwig is the name of Harry Potter's owl in the fictional Harry Potter series of books and films.

Hedwig is a java-based modular communications system that handles collection and organization of multiple modes of communication, from email to instant messaging to RSS feeds. Hedwig also acts as a local server, presenting its organizational capabilities