Oracle (disambiguation)

An oracle was usually a priest or a priestess through whom the gods were supposed to speak or prophesize.

Oracle may also refer to:

Word

History
  • Pythia, commonly known as the Oracle of Delphi, the name of the high priestess of the Temple of Apollo at Delphi who also served as the oracle.

Computing
  • Oracle machine, a computational model used to study decision problems
  • Oracle Corporation, a software and enterprise hardware company
  • ORACLE (computer), an early computer
  • Test oracle, a mechanism used in computing, software engineering and software testing, to determine whether a test case has passed or failed
  • Random oracle, a black box that responds to every unique query with a random response
  • Padding oracle, a black box which responds to queries about whether a message is correctly padded or not
  • Oracle AI, a hypothetical artificial general intelligence design limited to answering questions

Mathematics

Publications

Comics
  • Oracle (Marvel Comics), a Marvel character and member of the Shi'ar Imperial Guard
  • Oracle, an alias used by DC Comics character Barbara Gordon
  • Oracle, the original alias of the DC Comics character who would be reimagined as Aurakles
  • Oracle Inc., a company established by the Marvel character Namor
  • The Oracle, a W.I.T.C.H. character

Film and television

Games

Other fictional characters

Places

Music

Albums

Songs

Other uses
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See also
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