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Revision as of 16:13, 10 October 2008
Look up oracle in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.
An Oracle is a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion, most notably Pythia, the Oracle at Delphi.
Oracle or ORACLE may also refer to:
Anime and comics
- Oracle, DC Comics character Barbara Gordon after her retirement as the original Batgirl
- Oracle, Inc., a fictional company established by Marvel Comics character Namor the Submariner
- Oracle, the shell program, sometimes interface of Vector Sigma from the Transformers series.
- Oracle, a heroine of the Spider Riders anime
Computing
- Oracle Corporation
- Oracle Database, a popular database product by Oracle Corporation
- Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine, or ORACLE (computer), an early computer built by Oak Ridge National Laboratory
- Internet Oracle, internet humor
- Oracle machine, in computational complexity theory and computability theory, a theoretical computing machine equipped with a device (the oracle) that is able to instantly solve any problem of a certain type
- Random oracle, an abstraction used in cryptographic proofs
Gaming
- Oracle, the fourth month of the year on the Zork calendar
- The Oracle, also known as 343 Guilty Spark, a character featured in the Halo video game series
- The Oracle is a character who is known to be the creator of the world in the Jak & Daxter series. Either providing Dark eco powers or power cells
Literature
Novels and short stories
- The Oracle, a 1951 novel, the first by Edwin O'Connor
- The Oracle (book), a 2003 novel, first book of The Oracle Prophecies Trilogy, by Catherine Fisher
- "Oracle", a short story by Greg Egan
Periodicals
- The Oracle, student newspaper of Stratford High School (Houston), in Texas
- The Oracle (University of South Florida), campus newspaper
- San Francisco Oracle, an underground newspaper published from 1966 to 1968 in Haight-Ashbury, San Francisco
Movies, television and broadcasting
- ORACLE (teletext), a commercial British teletext service in operation between 1974 and 1992.
- Oracle (The Matrix), a character in The Matrix trilogy.
- The Oracle, primary interface to the Vector Sigma computer in the Beast Machines television show.
- The Oracle (film), a 1985 horror movie directed by Roberta Findlay.
Music
- Oracle (album), the second album by Kittie, a Canadian alternative metal band
- Oracle (Sunn O))) album), an EP by Sunn O))), a drone doom band
- Oracle, a song by Supergrass for the soundtrack to the film Mike Bassett: England Manager
Persons
- The Oracle, honorary nickname of John Kendrick (cloth merchant) (1573-1624)
- Oracle of Omaha, a nickname for Warren Buffett - an American investor, businessman and philanthropist
Places
- The Oracle, Reading, a shopping mall in Reading, England named for John Kendrick
- Oracle, Arizona, United States
Other uses
- BMW Oracle Racing, an American sailing syndicate formed to compete in the America's Cup
- Oracle (rocket), a model rocket equipped with a digital camera, made by Estes Industries