Ada

[ey-duh]

noun Computers.

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

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

Ada

[ey-duh]

noun

a city in central Oklahoma.

Douay Bible. Adah.

a female given name: from a Germanic word meaning “noble.”

ADA

adenosine deaminase.

American Dental Association.

American Diabetes Association

Americans for Democratic Action.

A.D.A.

American Dental Association.

American Diabetes Association.

Americans for Democratic Action.

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Examples from the Web for ada

Eventually, she read into the ADA and wrote again, threatening legal action unless she was accommodated.
TEDx Talks Have a Disability Problem—but This Incredible Young Woman Is Working to Change That|Nina Strochlic|November 5, 2014|DAILY BEAST
When Wales and his new wife had a daughter in 2011, they named her Ada, after Lady Lovelace.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
It also harkened back to Ada Lovelace, who asserted that machines would be able to do almost anything, except think on their own.
You Can Look It Up: The Wikipedia Story|Walter Isaacson|October 19, 2014|DAILY BEAST
McAndrews agreed that the androgenic hormone pill would be problematic for those with a genetic propensity for ADA.
Birth Control Made My Hair Fall Out, and I’m Not the Only One|Molly Oswaks|October 14, 2014|DAILY BEAST

As the puppies grew, she wanted to keep dressing them, so she started making them sweaters and Ada Nieves for Pets was born.
Kitty CATure Fashion Show, An Amazing Dog and Cat Fashion Show, Happened In New York This Weekend|Lori-Lee Emshey|September 30, 2013|DAILY BEAST
Ada and Isabel were inseparable, and it was astonishing how much Lucy and Emily had to say.
Isabel Leicester|Clotilda Jennings
Caddy sat upon the other side of me, next to Ada, to whom we imparted the whole history of the engagement as soon as we got back.
Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V|Various
Ada listened, and her cheek glowed with animation, for she was an enthusiast in the cause of the Greeks.
The Pirate of the Mediterranean|W.H.G. Kingston
Hazel Ripwinkley, and very often Ada Geoffrey, was here at these travelling parties.
The Other Girls|Mrs. A. D. T. Whitney
"I expect to be Ada's friend all my life," said Pauline laughingly, but with a little ring of purpose in her voice.
Lucy Maud Montgomery Short Stories, 1907 to 1908|Lucy Maud Montgomery

British Dictionary definitions for ada

Ada

noun

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

Word Origin for Ada

C20: named after Ada, Lady Lovelace, the English mathematician, daughter of Lord Byron (1815–52), who worked with Charles Babbage (1792–1871) and whose description of his computing machines preserved them for posterity

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Word Origin and History for ada

Ada

fem. proper name, from Hebrew Adha, literally "ornament."

Ada

noun Computers.

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