1) "Oracle" -- As to oracle backup
or·a·cle
Pronunciation: 'or-&-k&l, 'är-
Function: noun
Etymology: Middle English, from Anglo-French, from Latin oraculum, from orare to speak -- more at ORATION
1 a : a person (as a priestess of ancient Greece) through whom a deity is believed to speak b : a shrine in which a deity reveals hidden knowledge or the divine purpose through such a person c : an answer or decision given by an oracle
2 a : a person giving wise or authoritative decisions or opinions b : an authoritative or wise expression or answer
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"Consulting the Oracle" by John William Waterhouse, showing eight priestesses in a temple of prophecy
An oracle is a person or persons considered to be the source of wise counsel or prophetic opinion; an infallible authority, usually spiritual in nature. It can also be a prediction of the future, from deities, that is spoken through another object or life-form. In the ancient world many sites gained a reputation for the dispensing of oracular wisdom: they too became known as "oracles", as did the oracular utterances themselves, whose very name is derived from the Latin verb orare, to speak.

1 Ancient civilizations

1.1 China

1.2 Egypt

1.3 Greece

1.4 Mexico

1.5 Norway

2 Tibet

3 Further reading

4 External link

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Oracles were common in many civilizations of antiquity. In China, the use of oracle bones dates as far back as the Shang Dynasty, (1600 BC - 1046 BC). The I Ching, or "Book of Changes", is a collection of linear signs used as oracles that dates from that period. Although divination with the I Ching is thought to have originated prior to the Shang Dynasty, it was not until King Wu of Zhou (1046 BC-1043 BC) that it took its present form. In addition to its oracular power, the I Ching has had a major influence on the philosophy, literature and statecraft of China from the time of the Zhou Dynasty (1122 BC - 256 BC).

Another oracle of note lay in Egypt, in a temple dedicated to Amun, whom the Greeks associated with Zeus. Alexander the Great once visited it, and although no record of his query remains, the oracle is thought to have hailed him as Ammon's son, influencing his conceptions of his own divinity.
Aegeus, a mythical king of Athens, a supplicant to the Pythia, the Delphic Oracle, who sits on a tripod. An inscription..."

2) "Backup" -- As to oracle backup
back·up
Pronunciation: -"&p
Function: noun
Usage: often attributive
1 a : one that serves as a substitute or support <a backup plan> b : musical accompaniment c : additional personnel who provide assistance
2 : an accumulation caused by a stoppage in the flow <traffic backup>
3 : a copy of computer data (as a file or the contents of a hard drive); also : the act or an instance of making a backup
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In information technology, backup refers to the copying of data so that these additional copies may be restored after a data loss event. Backups are useful primarily for two purposes: to restore a computer to an operational state following a disaster (called disaster recovery) and to restore small numbers of files after they have been accidentally deleted or corrupted. Backups differ from archives in the sense that archives are the primary copy of data and backups are a secondary copy of data. Backup systems differ from fault-tolerant systems in the sense that backup systems assume that a fault will cause a data loss event and fault-tolerant systems assume a fault will not. Backups are typically that last line of defense against data loss, and consequently the least granular and the least convenient to use.

Since a backup system contains at least one copy of all data worth saving, the data storage requirements are considerable. Organizing this storage space and managing the backup process is a complicated undertaking.

1 Storage, the base of a backup system

1.1 Data repository models

1.2 Storage media

1.3 Managing the data repository

2 Selection, access, and manipulation of data

2.1 Approaches to backing up files

2.2 Approaches to backing up live data

2.3 Backing up non-file data

2.4 Manipulating the backed up data

3 Managing the backup process

3.1 Objectives

3.2 Limitations

3.3 Implementation

3.4 Measuring the process

4 Lore

4.1 Advice

4.2 Events

5 Glossary of backup terms

6 See also

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