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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  

[ey-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  

[ey-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

Example Sentences

Adab is obviously a utopian vision and not a historically accurate description of how a society ever really functioned on the ground.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2018

Adab involved a complicated etiquette that was taught to everyone who learned how to read and write.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2018

It was a complicated system because it had a crucial function: Adab gave people the tools to demonstrate through speech and behavior how they connected to each other.

From Slate • Nov. 14, 2018

Adab, city, 123, 23. addi, wailing, 117, 31; 137, 22; 161, 12. aḫu, brother, 212, 36.

From The Epic of Gilgamish A Fragment of the Gilgamish Legend in Old-Babylonian Cuneiform by Langdon, Stephen

They made a specialty of the literature called the Adab, or belles lettres made up of criticism, quotation and rhetoric.

From The Literature of Ecstasy by Mordell, Albert