< database > A set of relational database products originally known as Rdb from Digital Equipment Corporation , but purchased by Oracle Corporation in 1994. The current (October 1996) versions are Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS VAX , Oracle Rdb V7.0 for OpenVMS Alpha , and Oracle Rdb V7.0 for Digital UNIX .
This release of Oracle Rdb includes advances in non-stop computing for business critical applications, improvements to OLTP performance, and easy client/server application development. It also includes an ODBC Driver.
(1996-10-30)