Oracles in the Library All Library entries have an Oracle these days, although some of them still say nothing Even peripheral Library constituents -- a glossary, say -- often contain Oracular content For example, today's oracle might look like this: This afternoon's oracle: (For Sat Apr 18 17: 01: 39 1998 ; Source: Yow) I feel like I am sharing a ``CORN-DOG'' with NIKITA KHRUSCHEV See also: Entry for November 30, 1997
The proprietary name of the underlying database used by both the PMIS and Finance One Information is stored in the database and is retrieved from it using an application such as 'Finance One', 'Concept' or SQL
1 (esp in the ancient world) a shrine at which inquiries are made of a particular deity through a means of divination b the agency by which the inquiry is answered, as a priest or priestess c the typically terse, ambiguous response of the deity 2 a person who delivers authoritative and usu influential pronouncements 3 any utterance regarded as authoritative, unquestionably wise, or infallible
Any person reputed uncommonly wise; one whose decisions are regarded as of great authority; as, a literary oracle
Based in Redwood, California, Oracle Corporation is the largest software company whose primary business is database products Historically, Oracle has targeted high-end workstations and minicomputers as the server platforms to run its database systems Its relational database was the first to support the SQL language, which has since become the industry standard
a prophecy (usually obscure or allegorical) revealed by a priest or priestess; believed to be infallible
A person such as a priest through whom the deity is supposed to respond with prophecy or advice
A mechanism to produce the predicted outcomes to compare with the actual outcomes of the software under test After [adrion]
Test Oracle: a mechanism to produce the predicted outcomes to compare with the actual outcomes of the software under test [fromBS7925-1]
The name of the supplier (Oracle Corporation) from whom the RIAS application software has been purchased
Also called "black box " An imaginary device that solves some computational problem immediately Note: An oracle is specified by the answers it gives to every possible question you could ask it So in some contexts, 'oracle' is more or less synonymous with 'input' - but usually an input so long that the algorithm can only examine a small fraction of it
Hence: The deity who was supposed to give the answer; also, the place where it was given
A "sub-component" S of an adversary A living its own life independent of the adversary; A interacts with the oracle but cannot control its behavior Typically, S takes some parameters as input and outputs some other parameters (such as a bit string) For example, S can be a random oracle or a decryption oracle simulating the decryption primitive