Editing ORACLE (teletext) (section)

{{short description|British teletext system}}
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{{Infobox broadcasting network
| name         = ORACLE
| logo         = Oracle teletext logo.svg
| airdate      = 1978
| slogan       = 
| area         = United Kingdom
| regions      = 
| owner        = [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]
| dissolved    = 31 December 1992
| key_people   = 
| former_names = 
| website      = 
| replaced     = 
| replaced_by  = [[Teletext Ltd.]]
| footnotes    = 
}}

[[File:Itn oracle 1989a.jpg|thumb|A typical ORACLE page, here showing news from [[ITN]].]]
'''ORACLE''' (from "'''O'''ptional '''R'''eception of '''A'''nnouncements by '''C'''oded '''L'''ine '''E'''lectronics") was a commercial [[teletext]] service first broadcast on the [[ITV (TV network)|ITV]] network in 1978 and later additionally on [[Channel 4]] in the [[United Kingdom]] from 1982. The service ceased on both channels at 23:59{{spaces}}[[Coordinated Universal Time|UTC]] on 31 December 1992, when it was replaced by [[Teletext Ltd.]]