a collection of PC's connected to each other by off-the-shelf networking equipment to form a parallel computer suitable for computationally intensive scientific and engineering problems
a collection of small computers (i
a collection of small computers (nodes) connected by a high speed network
a group of usually identical PC computers running a FOSS Unix-like operating system, such as Linux or BSD
a group of usually identical PC computers running an open source Unix-like operating system, such as Linux or BSD
a group of usually identical PC computers running Linux or another open source Unix operating system, such as FreeBSD
a group of usually identical PC computers that are networked together into a TCP/IP LAN, and have libraries and programs installed which allow processing to be shared among them
a kind of high-performance parallel computer built primarily out of commodity hardware
a system where multiple independent computers, usually running Linux or FreeBSD, can be used as a single multiprocessing super computer
Cluster of PCs or workstations with a private network to connect them. Initially the name was used for do-it-yourself collections of PCs mostly connected by Ethernet and running Linux to have a cheap alternative for "integrated" parallel machines. Presently, the definition is wider including high-speed switched networks, fast RISC-based processors and complete vendor-preconfigured rack-mounted systems with either Linux or Windows as an operating system.