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Oracle , derived from a latin verb, was considered to be a person of wise counsel or prophetic opinion and can be as such referred to as a form of divination.
Refer: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oracle
Larry Ellison, it says took inspiration from E.F.Codd's 1970 paper written on RDBMS and as we all know, history was created in 1977 in Santa Clara, California by Larry Ellison, Bob Miner and Ed Oates, when they started SDL which is today known as Oracle Corporation.
"Optional Reception of Announcements by Coded Line Electronics"= ORACLE, was a commercial teletext service first broadcast on ITV in 1974.
An early computer built by Oak Ridge National Laboratory, was based on the IAS architecture developed by John von Neumann. This computer was called ORACLE=Oak Ridge Automatic Computer and Logical Engine.
Oracle is an alias used in comics by DC comice character Barbara Gordon. Also name of a model rocket with built-in digital camera.
In 2001, singer Kittie named her second album Oracle. :-))
