Ada

(ā)

noun

  1. Origin: Heb ada, beauty

    a feminine name
    also Adah
  2. Origin: after Augusta Ada Byron (1815-52), daughter of Lord Byron, for her work with early mechanical computers

    a modular computer language employing English words

  1. American Dental Association
  2. Americans for Democratic Action
  3. Americans with Disabilities Act

See Ada in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A programming language, based on Pascal and developed for the U.S. Department of Defense.

Origin:

Origin: After Augusta Ada Byron, Countess of Lovelace (1815-1852)

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abbreviation
  1. American Dental Association
  2. American Diabetes Association
  3. American Dietetic Association
  4. Americans for Democratic Action
  5. Americans with Disabilities Act
  6. assistant district attorney

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