Editing ORACLE (computer) (section)

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[[File:ORACLE computer at Oak Ridge National Lab.jpg|thumb|The ORACLE being used to design the nuclear reactor core of the APPR-1 reactor<ref>{{cite web |last1=Atomic Energy Commission |title=Army Package Power Reactor (1957) |website=[[YouTube]] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NH2AUAnzf8&t=438s |access-date=17 March 2024}}</ref>]]

The '''ORACLE''' or '''''O'''ak '''R'''idge '''A'''utomatic '''C'''omputer and '''L'''ogical '''E'''ngine'',<ref name=":0">{{Cite journal|date=1954-10-31|title=CHARACTERISTICS OF THE ORACLE|url=https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc1024903/m2/1/|journal=Proceedings of a Symposium on Large Scale Digital Computing Machinery, August 3-5, 1953|language=en|pages=194–195|doi=10.2172/4416004}}</ref> an early [[computer]] built by [[Oak Ridge National Laboratory]], was based on the [[IAS machine|IAS]] architecture developed by [[John von Neumann]].