Interpreting Oracle Database versioning
People who are new to the world of Oracle are often curious about the different versions available and what their letter suffixes (the "g" in 11g, for instance) actually mean. As we mentioned previously, the first release of Oracle Database was Oracle 2. Oracle continued the standard approach of numbering subsequent major releases of the Oracle database with increasing number values until Version 8. With Version 8i, Oracle began suffixing their version numbers with abbreviations to align their products with their marketing focus. The "i" in 8i stands for "internet" as that version contains many features that facilitate the use of the Oracle database as the backend for Internet applications. The ninth major ...
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