Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing

Oracle Rdb
     
         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)