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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.

"He got married, had four beautiful little girls. He talks out against gang violence" that got him caught up in the criminal justice system, Ada said.

From Barron's ● Jul. 7, 2026

Poet Laureate Ada Limón says here, and the film gives at least some attention to Oliver’s detractors.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 2, 2026

Pulitzer winner Ada Ferrer’s of-the-moment new memoir, “Keeper of My Kin,” examines the agonizing personal costs of the Cuban exile and the families left fractured in its wake.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 1, 2026

In 2016, Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign, taking inspiration and personnel from Barack Obama’s two election wins, was a data-heavy enterprise that relied on analytics — and, famously, an algorithm named Ada.

From Salon ● Apr. 13, 2026

When the excavations at Cape Gelidonya were completed, he and his team headed for Yassi Ada.

From "Shipwrecked!" by Martin W. Sandler

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

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

She’s renovating the property to bring it up to seismic and ADA standards, harden it against wildfires and install a septic tank for a guest house.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 30, 2025

Our hypothetical student could sue their school district under Section 504 and the ADA to obtain a court injunction mandating that they be given access to the school library.

From Slate ● Jul. 9, 2025

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

Mr. Buttigieg said there were about 900 stations across the country that were not A.D.A. compliant.

From New York Times ● Jul. 26, 2022

Without Mr. Dole, several advocates said, it was possible the A.D.A. never would have passed.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2021

But, though he never hid his own physical issues, Mr. Dole seldom talked about them, Mr. Coelho said, and never used them as a tool to get other lawmakers’ support on the A.D.A.

From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 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