Oracle (disambiguation)
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An oracle
In Greek and Roman polytheism was an agency or medium, usually a priest or a priestess, through which the gods were supposed to speak or prophesy.
In generalized usage, an oracle can also be:
As a proper name, Oracle may also refer to:
Oracle
In Classical Antiquity, an oracle was a person or agency considered to be a source of wise counsel or prophetic predictions or precognition of the future, inspired by the gods. As such it is a form of divination....
In Greek and Roman polytheism was an agency or medium, usually a priest or a priestess, through which the gods were supposed to speak or prophesy.
In generalized usage, an oracle can also be:
- divine revelation in Christianity
- Urim and ThummimUrim and ThummimIn ancient Israelite religion and culture, Urim and Thummim is a phrase from the Hebrew Scriptures or Torah associated with the Hoshen , divination in general, and cleromancy in particular...
in Judaism - any form of divinationDivinationDivination is the attempt to gain insight into a question or situation by way of an occultic standardized process or ritual...
in other religions
As a proper name, Oracle may also refer to:
Computing
- ORACLE (computer)ORACLE (computer)The ORACLE or Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine, an early computer built by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann. As with all computers of its era, it was a one of a kind machine that could not exchange programs with other...
, an early computer - Oracle (software testing)
- Oracle CorporationOracle CorporationOracle Corporation is an American multinational computer technology corporation that specializes in developing and marketing hardware systems and enterprise software products – particularly database management systems...
, a software and enterprise hardware company - Oracle DatabaseOracle DatabaseThe Oracle Database is an object-relational database management system produced and marketed by Oracle Corporation....
, a database management system - Oracle machineOracle machineIn complexity theory and computability theory, an oracle machine is an abstract machine used to study decision problems. It can be visualized as a Turing machine with a black box, called an oracle, which is able to decide certain decision problems in a single operation. The problem can be of any...
, a computational model used to study decision problems - Internet OracleInternet OracleThe Internet Oracle is an effort at collective humor in a pseudo-Socratic question-and-answer format....
, a collaborative humor website - Random oracleRandom oracleIn cryptography, a random oracle is an oracle that responds to every query with a random response chosen uniformly from its output domain, except that for any specific query, it responds the same way every time it receives that query...
, an abstraction used in cryptographic proofs
Publications
- The Oracle (novel), a 2003 book by Catherine Fisher
- The Oracle (University of South Florida)The Oracle (University of South Florida)The Oracle, the University of South Florida's student-run newspaper, made history when its premier issue was published September 6, 1966...
, a student newspaper - San Francisco OracleSan Francisco OracleThe Oracle of the City of San Francisco, also known as the San Francisco Oracle, was an underground newspaper published in 12 issues from September 20, 1966, to February 1968 in the Haight-Ashbury neighborhood of that city...
, a 1960s underground newspaper - The Oracle of ReasonThe Oracle of ReasonThe Oracle of Reason, or Philosophy Vindicated was the first avowedly atheistic periodical to be published in Britain . It was founded by Charles Southwell, William Chilton and John Field in 1841 , and lasted until 1843.-History:...
, an 1800s atheistic periodical - The Oracle, a 1951 novel by Edwin O'ConnorEdwin O'ConnorEdwin O'Connor was an American radio personality, journalist, and novelist who won the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction in 1962 for The Edge of Sadness...
- The Oracle, a student newspaper of Stratford High School
- Oracle, a short story by Greg EganGreg EganGreg Egan is an Australian science fiction author.Egan published his first work in 1983. He specialises in hard science fiction stories with mathematical and quantum ontology themes, including the nature of consciousness...
Comics
- Barbara GordonBarbara GordonBarbara Gordon is a fictional character appearing in comic books published by DC Comics and in related media, created by Gardner Fox and Carmine Infantino...
, a DC Comics superhero, the original Batgirl has used the alias "Oracle". - Oracle. the original alias of the DC Comics character who would be reimagined as AuraklesAuraklesAurakles is a fictional character, a superhero published by DC Comics. He first appeared in Justice League of America vol. 1 #100 , and was created by Len Wein and Dick Dillin.-Publication history:...
- Oracle (Marvel Comics)Oracle (Marvel Comics)Oracle is a fictional character in the Marvel Universe.-Fictional character biography:Oracle is a long-time member and warrior serving in the Royal Elite of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard. She is the Empire's premiere telepath, capable of all the standard abilities demonstrated by other telepaths...
, a Marvel character and member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard - Oracle, Inc., a fictional company established by Marvel Comics character Namor
- The Oracle, a W.I.T.C.H.KandrakarKandrakar is a fictional world in the comic book W.I.T.C.H. and the animated series of the same name...
character
Film and television
- ORACLE (teletext)ORACLE (teletext)ORACLE was a commercial teletext service first broadcast on ITV in 1974 and later on Channel 4 in the United Kingdom, finally ending on both channels at 23:59 GMT on 31 December 1992....
, a televised information service - The Oracle (The Matrix)
- The Oracle, a Casper Meets WendyCasper Meets WendyCasper Meets Wendy is a direct-to-video and second spin-off to the 1995 film Casper. It was released by 20th Century Fox in 1998. The film is a sequel to Casper: A Spirited Beginning...
character - The Oracle, a BenidormBenidorm (TV series)Benidorm is an award-winning British television comedy-drama that is produced by Tiger Aspect for ITV and written by Derren Litten, co-writer of The Catherine Tate Show, exploiting the working-class stereotype of this popular tourist destination....
character - Oracle, a Spider RidersSpider Ridersis a series of science fiction novels first published in December 2004, published by Newmarket Press written by Tedd Anasti, Patsy Cameron-Anasti and Stephen D. Sullivan . The stories became the basis of the animated television series produced by Cookie Jar Entertainment of Canada and Bee Train of...
character - Oracle, the shell program of the fictional computer Vector SigmaVector SigmaIn the fictional universe of the first Transformers animated series, Vector Sigma is the "mega-computer" that gives sentience to non-sentient robots, and is used by the Quintessons to endow their robotic creations with the true life that eventually leads to their rebellion...
in the Transformers universe - The Oracle in Aladdin and the King of ThievesAladdin and the King of ThievesAladdin and the King of Thieves is a 1996 animated film that is the second direct-to-video sequel to the Disney animated feature Aladdin...
. - The Oracle (film)The Oracle (film)The Oracle is a 1953 British comedy film directed by C.M. Pennington-Richards and starring Robert Beatty, Michael Medwin and Virginia McKenna. A journalist goes on holiday to Ireland where he encounters a fortune-teller...
, a 1953 film
Places
- Oracle (workhouse)Oracle (workhouse)The Oracle was a workhouse that produced cloth in the English town of Reading, Berkshire. The Oracle shopping mall which occupies a small part of the site takes its name from the Oracle workhouse.- History :...
, a workhouse erected with funds bequeathed by John KendrickJohn Kendrick (cloth merchant)John Kendrick was a prosperous English cloth merchant and patron of the towns of Reading and Newbury in Berkshire.... - Oracle, ArizonaOracle, Arizona- Geology :Oracle and the surrounding area sit largely on a slab of granite called "Oracle granite" that is visible as red or grey-and-white speckled "boulders" rising over the scrub and grass. It is mostly porphyritic biotite Precambrian granite with large microcline phenocrysts, and has...
- The Oracle, QueenslandThe Oracle, QueenslandThe Oracle is a $850 million two-tower luxury apartment development at Broadbeach on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia. When completed it hold the record for tallest building and highest apartment sale in Broadbeach...
, a development in Australia - The Oracle, ReadingThe Oracle, ReadingThe Oracle is a large indoor shopping and leisure mall, located on the banks of the River Kennet on the site of a 17th century workhouse of the same name in the town of Reading in the English county of Berkshire...
, a shopping mall in England - Oracle Arena, a sports venue
Music
- Oracle (Kittie album)Oracle (Kittie album)-Personnel:* Morgan Lander: vocals, guitar, piano* Mercedes Lander: drums* Talena Atfield: bass-References:# #...
- Oracle (Sunn O))) album)Oracle (Sunn O))) album)Oracle is an EP by Sunn O))) containing material written for a collaboration with the American sculptor Banks Violette.The jackhammer in "Belülről Pusztít" was provided by Joe Preston. Belülről Pusztít is a Hungarian phrase meaning "destroys from the inside"...
- Oracle (Michael Hedges album)Oracle (Michael Hedges album)Oracle is a recording by guitarist Michael Hedges released on the Windham Hill label. It won the 1998 Grammy Award for Best New Age Album. Oracle peaked at #7 on the Billboard New Age Album charts....
- Oracles (Fleshgod Apocalypse album)Oracles (album)Oracles is the first full-length studio album by Italian death metal band Fleshgod Apocalypse.-Track listing:#"In Honour of Reason" – 4:27#"Post-Enlightenment Executor" – 2:52#"As Tyrants Fall" – 4:00#"Sophistic Demise" – 3:11...
- The Oracle (album), an album by Godsmack
Other uses
- Oracle (rocket)Oracle (rocket)Oracle is the name of a model rocket with built-in digital camera, manufactured by Estes Industries, for aerial photography. In contrast to the camera rocket Astrocam, the Oracle allows the making of a complete film of a rocket flight...
, model rocket for aerial photography - Nechung OracleNechung OracleThe Nechung Oracle is the State Oracle of Tibet. The medium of the State Oracle currently resides with the current Dalai Lama in Dharamsala, India...
, the State Oracle of Tibet