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Google Launches Ingress, a Worldwide Mobile Altern...
The name is a surprise. The Ingres database is still kicking, it's an OSS project that's was a commercial product for 20 years before that.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ingres_(database)
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But "ingress" is also an English language word, with a definition unrelated to what you're talking about.
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I doubt this is a reference to a piece of software. "Ingress" also means "to enter", the opposite of "egress".
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