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Oracle (disambiguation)

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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

Periodicals

Movies, television and broadcasting

Music

Persons

Places

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

See also