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• Ada
  Ada

  noun

  a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.
• ADA
  ADA

  abbreviation

  adenosine deaminase.
• A.D.A.
  A.D.A.

  abbreviation

  American Dental Association.

Ada

¹ American  

[ay-duh] / ˈeɪ də /

noun

Computers.

1. a programming language particularly suited to real-time applications: developed for use by the U.S. Department of Defense.

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Ada ² American  

[ay-duh] / ˈeɪ də /

noun

1. a city in central Oklahoma.

2. Douay Bible. Adah.

3. a first name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”

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ADA ³ American  

abbreviation

1. adenosine deaminase.

2. American Dental Association. null A.D.A.

3. American Diabetes Association. null A.D.A.

4. Americans for Democratic Action. null A.D.A.

5. Americans with Disabilities Act: a federal law prohibiting discrimination against people with physical or mental impairments and guaranteeing access to employment opportunities and access to state and local government programs and services, signed by President George H. W. Bush in 1990.

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A.D.A. ⁴ American  

Or ADA

abbreviation

1. American Dental Association.

2. American Diabetes Association.

3. Americans for Democratic Action.

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Ada British  

/ ˈeɪdə /

noun

1. a high-level computer programming language designed for dealing with real-time processing problems: used for military and other systems

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Etymology

Origin of Ada

Named after Augusta Ada (Byron), Countess of Lovelace (1815–37), English mathematician, who assisted Charles Babbage in developing a precursor of the modern computer

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Example Sentences

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Ada ADA A.D.A.

I met the owner, Ada Tourtsakis, at her yurt on the outer edge of Sedona’s civilization.

From Slate ● Sep. 22, 2026

Gardner said he was "immensely proud" of his crewmates Ben Shutt, Liam Crosby and their apprentice Ada, as well as skipper Clive Easton, for their role in the historic - and fruitful - catch.

From BBC ● Aug. 19, 2026

When Mosquera's family saw him during a video call from the jail, he had lost hair and "gotten very thin", Ada said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Founded in Bologna in 1954 by an Italian corsetry maker named Ada Masotti, La Perla’s lingerie became high fashion.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 18, 2026

Ada Taylor agreed to meet me at the only coffee shop in town, which also doubled as a bookstore.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

And that says nothing of the mechanical adjustments and efforts to make the carousel ADA accessible.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 12, 2026

Results from that study were also presented at the ADA meeting and published in The Lancet Diabetes and Endocrinology.

From Science Daily ● Jun. 15, 2026

Currently, the law subsidizes 83 ADA positions for Orleans Parish.

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

A full dataset will be released at ADA Scientific Sessions in early June, which will provide a more in-depth evaluation of the results.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026

SIMPSON, ADA, 40 years old, visiting at 537 West Sixty-fifth street, Denver.

From Chicago's Awful Theater Horror by Various

Then she revised that statement: “Well, it shouldn’t take two years. But what worked well was that they closed the street first and then they made those updates,” such as adding more A.D.A. parking spaces.

From Slate ● Nov. 11, 2022

Because of his injuries, Mr. Dole instinctively understood the issues faced by other disabled individuals, according to Tony Coelho, the former House Democratic whip from California who was the primary author of the A.D.A.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

But after hearing from dozens of people with disabilities, Mr. Dole, then the Senate minority leader, decided to support the A.D.A.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

The A.D.A. requires owners to remove barriers to wheelchair use when that is “readily achievable.”

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2021

He told the jury, in so many words, to pay no attention to either the A.D.A. or to Mr. Tutt, and to listen only to him, because he was the whole thing.

From By Advice of Counsel by Arthur Cheney Train

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