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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.

But a report by the Ada Lovelace Institute, external found AI tools made frequent errors in care assessments, some of which found their way into finalised reports.

From BBC ● Aug. 20, 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

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

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

Also, I wanted to get one last look at Ada Taylor before she graduated and never came back to Lily again.

From "Where Things Come Back" by John Corey Whaley

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

The new bill shifts from a fixed number to subsidizing one ADA per 7,500 people in the 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

There will be two space bikes, including one that’s ADA compliant.

From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 7, 2026

Miss Ada opened the note and read: "DEAR ADA: "Come over to the hall to-morrow night, you and your brother, and bring the youngsters.

From Three Little Cousins by Amy Ella Blanchard

“It is for this reason that the A.D.A. is enforced by only a small handful of plaintiff advocates.”

From New York Times ● Mar. 27, 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

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

From New York Times ● Aug. 17, 2021

Word had gotten around that filing Title III A.D.A. cases could help people with disabilities accelerate long-overdue improvements in access.

From New York Times ● Jul. 21, 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