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Definitions for Ada:

WordNet (r) 2.0 :
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}]

Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) :
ADA Automatic Data Acquisitions

Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) :
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.

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
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 subtypes and derived types. 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 exceptions and exception handlers. 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 packages 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)

The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :
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)

U.S. Gazetteer (1990) :
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

U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000) :
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

U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
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

U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
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

U.S. Gazetteer Places (2000) :
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

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