ADA

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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ADA
       n : an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination
           of adenosine into inosine and ammonia; "ADA deficiency
           can lead to one form of severe combined immunodeficiency
           disease"; "the gene encoding ADA was one of the earlier
           human genes to be isolated and cloned for study" [syn: {adenosine


           deaminase}]

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

  ADA
       Automatic Data Acquisitions
       
       

From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [jargon]:

  Ada n. A {{Pascal}}-descended language that was at one time made
     mandatory for Department of Defense software projects by the Pentagon.
     Hackers are nearly unanimous in observing that, technically, it is
     precisely what one might expect given that kind of endorsement by fiat;
     designed by committee, crockish, difficult to use, and overall a
     disastrous, multi-billion-dollar boondoggle (one common description was
     "The PL/I of the 1980s"). Hackers find Ada's exception-handling and
     inter-process communication features particularly hilarious. Ada
     Lovelace (the daughter of Lord Byron who became the world's first
     programmer while cooperating with Charles Babbage on the design of his
     mechanical computing engines in the mid-1800s) would almost certainly
     blanch at the use to which her name has latterly been put; the kindest
     thing that has been said about it is that there is probably a good small
     language screaming to get out from inside its vast, {elephantine} bulk.
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Ada
       
           (After {Ada Lovelace}) A {Pascal}-descended
          language, designed by Jean Ichbiah's team at {CII Honeywell}
          in 1979, made mandatory for Department of Defense software
          projects by the Pentagon.  The original language was
          standardised as "Ada 83", the latest is "{Ada 95}".
       
          Ada is a large, complex, {block-structured} language aimed
          primarily at {embedded} applications.  It has facilities for
          {real-time} response, {concurrency}, hardware access and
          reliable run-time error handling.  In support of large-scale
          {software engineering}, it emphasises {strong typing}, {data
          abstraction} and {encapsulation}.  The type system uses {name
          equivalence} and includes both {subtype}s and {derived type}s.
          Both fixed and {floating-point} numerical types are supported.
       
          {Control flow} is fully bracketed: if-then-elsif-end if,
          case-is-when-end case, loop-exit-end loop, goto.  Subprogram
          parameters are in, out, or inout.  Variables imported from
          other packages may be hidden or directly visible.  Operators
          may be {overloaded} and so may {enumeration} literals.  There
          are user-defined {exception}s and {exception handler}s.
       
          An Ada program consists of a set of packages encapsulating
          data objects and their related operations.  A package has a
          separately compilable body and interface.  Ada permits
          {generic package}s and subroutines, possibly parametrised.
       
          Ada support {single inheritance}, using "tagged types" which
          are types that can be extended via {inheritance}.
       
          Ada programming places a heavy emphasis on {multitasking}.
          Tasks are synchronised by the {rendezvous}, in which a task
          waits for one of its subroutines to be executed by another.
          The conditional entry makes it possible for a task to test
          whether an entry is ready.  The selective wait waits for
          either of two entries or waits for a limited time.
       
          Ada is often criticised, especially for its size and
          complexity, and this is attributed to its having been designed
          by committee.  In fact, both Ada 83 and Ada 95 were designed
          by small design teams to be internally consistent and tightly
          integrated.  By contrast, two possible competitors, {Fortran
          90} and {C++} have both become products designed by large and
          disparate volunteer committees.
       
          See also {Ada/Ed}, {Toy/Ada}.
       
          {Home of the Brave Ada Programmers
          (http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/)}.  {Ada FAQs
          (http://lglwww.epfl.ch/Ada/FAQ/)} (hypertext), {text only
          (ftp://lglftp.epfl.ch/pub/Ada/FAQ)}.
       
          {(http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/languages/ada/)},
          {(ftp://ajpo.sei.cmu.edu/)},
          {(ftp://stars.rosslyn.unisys.com/pub/ACE_8.0)}.
       
          E-mail: .
       
          {Usenet} newsgroup: {news:comp.lang.ada}.
       
          {An Ada grammar (ftp://primost.cs.wisc.edu/)} including a lex
          scanner and yacc parser is available.  E-mail:
          .
       
          {Another yacc grammar and parser for Ada by Herman Fischer
          (ftp://wsmr-simtel20.army.mil/PD2:GRAM2.SRC)}.
       
          An {LR parser} and {pretty-printer} for {Ada} from NASA is
          available from the {Ada Software Repository}.
       
          {Adamakegen} generates {makefiles} for {Ada} programs.
       
          ["Reference Manual for the Ada Programming Language", ANSI/MIL
          STD 1815A, US DoD (Jan 1983)].  Earlier draft versions
          appeared in July 1980 and July 1982.  ISO 1987.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (2000-08-12)
       
       

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  Ada++
       
           An {object-oriented} extension to {Ada},
          implemented as an Ada {preprocessor}.  Obsoleted by {Ada 95}
          which includes object-oriented features.
       
          [{Jargon File}]
       
          (1995-09-19)
       
       

From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]:

  Ada, KS
    Zip code(s): 67414
  Ada, MI
    Zip code(s): 49301
  Ada, MN (city, FIPS 172)
    Location: 47.29952 N, 96.51393 W
    Population (1990): 1708 (881 housing units)
    Area: 3.1 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
  Ada, OH (village, FIPS 198)
    Location: 40.76884 N, 83.82386 W
    Population (1990): 5413 (1857 housing units)
    Area: 4.0 sq km (land), 0.0 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 45810
  Ada, OK (city, FIPS 200)
    Location: 34.77701 N, 96.66041 W
    Population (1990): 15820 (7602 housing units)
    Area: 33.1 sq km (land), 0.1 sq km (water)
    Zip code(s): 74820

From U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) [gaz-county]:

  Ada -- U.S. County in Idaho
     Population (2000):    300904
     Housing Units (2000): 118516
     Land area (2000):     1054.990995 sq. miles (2732.414018 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    5.336939 sq. miles (13.822607 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1060.327934 sq. miles (2746.236625 sq. km)
     Located within:       Idaho (ID), FIPS 16
     Location:             43.560300 N, 116.280069 W
     Headwords:
      Ada
      Ada, ID
      Ada County
      Ada County, ID
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Ada, OH -- U.S. village in Ohio
     Population (2000):    5582
     Housing Units (2000): 1948
     Land area (2000):     1.871428 sq. miles (4.846975 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.871428 sq. miles (4.846975 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            00198
     Located within:       Ohio (OH), FIPS 39
     Location:             40.768883 N, 83.822298 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     45810
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Ada, OH
      Ada
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Ada, OK -- U.S. city in Oklahoma
     Population (2000):    15691
     Housing Units (2000): 7472
     Land area (2000):     15.701331 sq. miles (40.666259 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.071505 sq. miles (0.185198 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    15.772836 sq. miles (40.851457 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            00200
     Located within:       Oklahoma (OK), FIPS 40
     Location:             34.763661 N, 96.668214 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):     74820
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Ada, OK
      Ada
  

From U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) [gaz-place]:

  Ada, MN -- U.S. city in Minnesota
     Population (2000):    1657
     Housing Units (2000): 835
     Land area (2000):     1.342312 sq. miles (3.476572 sq. km)
     Water area (2000):    0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
     Total area (2000):    1.342312 sq. miles (3.476572 sq. km)
     FIPS code:            00172
     Located within:       Minnesota (MN), FIPS 27
     Location:             47.298701 N, 96.515796 W
     ZIP Codes (1990):    
     Note: some ZIP codes may be omitted esp. for suburbs.
     Headwords:
      Ada, MN
      Ada