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<html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><title>Oracle, the</title><link rel="stylesheet" href="../../jargon.css" type="text/css"/><meta name="generator" content="DocBook XSL Stylesheets V1.61.0"/><link rel="home" href="../index.html" title="The Jargon File"/><link rel="up" href="../O.html" title="O"/><link rel="previous" href="optimism.html" title="optimism"/><link rel="next" href="Orange-Book.html" title="Orange Book"/></head><body><div class="navheader"><table width="100%" summary="Navigation header"><tr><th colspan="3" align="center">Oracle, the</th></tr><tr><td width="20%" align="left"><a accesskey="p" href="optimism.html">Prev</a><EFBFBD></td><th width="60%" align="center">O</th><td width="20%" align="right"><EFBFBD><a accesskey="n" href="Orange-Book.html">Next</a></td></tr></table><hr/></div><dt><a id="Oracle--the"/><dt xmlns="" id="Oracle--the"><b>Oracle, the</b></dt></dt><dd><p> The all-knowing, all-wise Internet Oracle <tt class="systemitem">rec.humor.oracle</tt>, or one of the foreign
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