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

• Oracle bone
• Oracle bone script, the earliest Chinese and East Asian writing, script and 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 Database, a database management system
• 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

• Matroid oracle
• Distance oracle

Publications

• The Oracle (novel), a 2003 book by Catherine Fisher
• The Oracle (University of South Florida), a student newspaper
• The Oracle (magazine), a defunct role-playing games magazine
• San Francisco Oracle, a 1960s underground newspaper
• The Oracle, a 1951 novel by Edwin O'Connor
• Oracle, a 2010 novel by Jackie French
• ORA:CLE, a 1984 novel by Kevin O'Donnell, Jr.
• The Oracle, a student newspaper of Stratford High School
• "Oracle", a short story by Greg Egan

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
  • Gus Yale, a successor of Oracle
• 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

• ORACLE (teletext), a British teletext service that was available on ITV and Channel 4
• The Oracle (film), a 1953 film
• The Oracle (The Matrix)
• The Oracle (TV series), a 1979 Australian drama series
• The Oracle in Aladdin and the King of Thieves
• The Oracle, a Casper Meets Wendy character

Games

• The Oracle of Delphi, a 2016 strategy board game designed by Stefan Feld.

Other fictional characters

• Oracle, a Spider Riders character

Places

• Oracle (workhouse), a workhouse erected with funds bequeathed by John Kendrick
• Oracle, Arizona
• The Oracle, Queensland, a development in Australia
• The Oracle, Reading, a shopping mall in England
• Oracle Arena, a sports venue

Music

Albums

• Oracle (Kittie album)
• Oracle (Sunn O))) album)
• Oracle (Michael Hedges album)
• Oracle (Gary Peacock and Ralph Towner album)
• Oracles (album), an album by Fleshgod Apocalypse
• The Oracle (Hank Jones album)
• The Oracle (Godsmack album)
• The Oracle (Dark Sermon album)
• The Oracle (Cindy Blackman album)

Songs

• "The Oracle", a composition by Tony Banks
• "Oracle", a song by Scale the Summit from the album The Migration

Other uses

• Oracle (rocket), model rocket for aerial photography
• Nechung Oracle, the state oracle of Tibet
• BMW Oracle Racing, an American sailing syndicate
• Internet Oracle, a collaborative humor website
• Oracle, a technical symposium organized at Government College of Technology, Coimbatore

See also

• Auricle (disambiguation)
• Divination
• Divine revelation in Christianity
• Fortune-telling
• Omen
• Urim and Thummim in Judaism