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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

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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

Even Aunt Ada, who’s never too far away to say whodunit.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

Ada recognised her friend in a photograph posted on X by then US by then Department of Homeland Security spokeswoman Tricia McLaughlin.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Ada is facing a make-or-break debut and struggling with a homesickness that seems to outweigh her desire to model.

From Salon ● Jun. 29, 2026

“It didn’t become a high school until the early 1900s. Ada Marie Perkins was the first black teacher, then principal. When she passed, they renamed the school after her.”

From "The Parker Inheritance" by Varian Johnson

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

“Once you finally get into the program, it’s impossible to proceed because of permits, engineering reports and finally you are required to bring the entire area to ADA compliance on your own dime.”

From Los Angeles Times ● May 16, 2026

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

From Slate ● May 5, 2026

The company is also seeking to attract new capital to other monetizable assets, including Link Net, Boost and ADA, with proceeds earmarked for debt reduction.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 25, 2026

Also in the 80s, Rama encouraged followers to secure software contracts in ADA, a computer language used to control the United States' hardware of war.

From Take Me for a Ride: coming of age in a destructive cult by Mark Eliot Laxer

“The A.D.A. applies to all public beaches,” said Jennifer Perry, an access specialist with the Northeast ADA Center, a government-funded organization that provides guidance on A.D.A. compliance.

From New York Times ● Jun. 7, 2023

While the theater is accessible for all patrons, the stage is not A.D.A. compliant, he said.

From New York Times ● Feb. 19, 2023

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

When the A.D.A. was enacted 32 years ago, only 6 percent of Chicago’s rail stations were compliant.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

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