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Encyclopedia > Oracle (disambiguation)

Oracle could refer to:


ORACLE may refer to: An Oracle is a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion; an infallible authority, usually spiritual in nature. ... John Kendrick (1573-1624) was a prosperous clothing merchant. ... Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL), one of the major companies developing database management systems, tools for database development, and enterprise resource planning software, dates from 1977 and has offices in more than 145 countries around the world. ... Categories: Business | Academic disciplines | School subjects ... Computer software (or simply software) refers to one or more computer programs and data held in the storage of a computer for some purpose. ... An Oracle database, strictly speaking, consists of a collection of data managed by an Oracle database management system or DBMS. The term Oracle database sometimes refers - imprecisely - to the DBMS software itself. ... In complexity theory and computability theory, an oracle machine is an abstract machine used to study decision problems. ... Computation can be defined as finding a solution to a problem from given inputs by means of an algorithm. ... The Oracle is a fictional character portrayed by Gloria Foster (and later, by Mary Alice) within the Matrix series of films created by the Wachowski brothers. ... The Matrix series spans major motion pictures, Japanese-style animation, and video games in an attempt to tell a story thats part science fiction, part modern myth, with elements of cyberpunk, computer science, philosophy of mind, Hinduism, Christianity, Gnosticism, Buddhism, classical mythology, and other influences. ... Broad Street frontage Internal mall Riverside level The Oracle is a large indoor shopping and leisure mall located on the banks of the River Kennet in central Reading, UK. It takes its name from a workhouse that once occupied part of the site. ... St Marys Church and market Reading is a town and unitary authority in Berkshire in England, at the confluence of the River Thames and River Kennet, halfway between London and Oxford. ... Royal motto: Dieu et mon droit (French: God and my right) Englands location within the UK Official language English de facto Capital London de facto Largest city London Area  - Total Ranked 1st UK 130,395 km² Population  - Total (2001)  - Density Ranked 1st UK 49,138,831 377/km² Ethnicity... The Internet Oracle (formerly known as The Usenet Oracle) is a collaborative effort at collective humor in a pseudo-Socratic question-and-answer format. ... One of the more frequent jokes on the internet is to produce a fake or joke web counter. ... A comic book is a magazine or book containing the art form of comics. ... Superman (left) and Batman, two of the most recognizable and influential superheroes. ... The current DC Comics logo, adopted in May 2005. ... Batgirl is a DC Comics superhero, a female crime-fighter modeled after and associated with Batman. ... Complexity theory is part of the theory of computation dealing with the resources required during computation to solve a given problem. ... In complexity theory and computability theory, an oracle machine is an abstract machine used to study decision problems. ... A model rocket. ... A SiPix digital camera next to a matchbox to show scale. ... This article needs cleanup. ...

  • The British ORACLE or Optional Reception of Announcements by Coded Line Electronics teletext service.

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Oracle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (705 words)
An oracle is a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion; an infallible authority, usually spiritual in nature.
The oracle also allegedly proclaimed Socrates the wisest man in Greece, to which Socrates said that if so, this was because he alone was aware of his own ignorance.
The word "oracle" is used by Tibetans to refer to the spirit that enters those men and women who act as media between the natural and the spiritual realms.
Oracle database - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (2472 words)
Oracle Enterprise Manager (OEM) used by database administrators (DBAs) to manage the DBMS, and recently in version 10g, a web-based rewrite of OEM called "Oracle Enterprise Manager Database Control".
Oracle Corporation has packaged recent versions for several popular Linux distributions such that they should pose no installation challenges beyond the level of technical expertise required to install a database server.
Oracle and IBM tend to battle for the mid-range market (especially on UNIX and Linux platforms), while Microsoft tends to compete in the low-end market (on Microsoft Windows platforms).
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