Ada, ADA, or A.D.A. may refer to:
[edit] People
- Ada (name), a feminine given name (and list of people with the name)
- St. Ada, a 7th-century French abbess
- Ada, Countess of Atholl (died 1264)
- Ada, Countess of Holland
- Ada de Warenne, Countess of Northumbria and Huntingdon (died 1178)
- Ada of Caria, satrap deposed by her brother Idrieus and restored by Alexander the Great
- Ada, sister of Charlemagne, for whom the Ada Gospels at Trier were produced
- Ada Lovelace (1815–1852), the first computer programmer
- Ada Yonath (born 1939), Israeli biochemist
- Ada (musician), stage name of electronic artist, DJ, and singer Michaela Dippel
[edit] Places
- Croatia
- Ada, Croatia, village in Croatia, municipality Šodolovci, Vukovar-Syrmia County
- Ghana
- Nigeria
- New Zealand
- Serbia
- Tanzania
- Ada Estate, luxury residential suburb of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania
- United States
- Ada, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama
- Ada County, Idaho
- Ada Township, Dickey County, North Dakota
- Ada Township, Michigan, Kent County, Michigan
- Ada Township, Perkins County, South Dakota, Perkins County, South Dakota
- Ada, Minnesota, Norman County, Minnesota
- Ada, Ohio, Hardin County, Ohio
- Ada, Oklahoma, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
- Ada, Oregon, Lane County, Oregon
- Ada, West Virginia, Mercer County, West Virginia
- Ada, Wisconsin, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
[edit] Literature, film, music, and the arts
- Television and film
- Ada TV, broadcasts in both satellite and terrestrial in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
- Ada (film), a 1961 film by Daniel Mann
- ADA...A Way of Life, a 2008 Bollywood musical by Tanvir Ahmed
- Ada (dog actor), a dog that played Colin on the sitcom Spaced
- Video games
[edit] Politics and government
- Aeronautical Development Agency, an agency of India's Ministry of Defence
- Air Defense Artillery Branch (United States Army)
- Amazon Development Agency, a development agency in Brazil
- American Decency Association, an American political organization advocating against pornography and "indecent" media
- Americans for Democratic Action, an American liberal political advocacy organization
- Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, a U.S. law that prohibits discrimination on the basis of disability
- Amigos dos Amigos, a drug cartel in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro
- Angehöriger der Armee, or AdA, a member of the Swiss Armed Forces
- Anti-Deficiency Act, a U.S. law that prohibits the federal government from incurring debts not authorized by Congress
- Anti-Dumping Agreement, a General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT) about anti-competitive dumping pricing practices
- Assistant District Attorney, a US government attorney position
- Austrian Development Agency, a development aid agency
- Australian Digital Alliance, a copyright advocacy group
- Association of Drainage Authorities, a membership body for those involved in water level management in the United Kingdom
[edit] Science and engineering
- ADA collider, the first electron–positron collider
- Analog-to-digital converter/Digital-to-analog converter, seen as ADA or A/DA, a conversion occurring in some electronic devices, often musical
- Adangme language's ISO 639-2 code
- Advanced Distribution Automation, the extension of intelligent control over an electrical power grid
- After the Development of Agriculture, A.D.A., a system of counting years, like A.D. and A.M.
- Ada (food), an Indian food made with rice, coconut powder mix, and sugar
- Ada (ship), wooden Ketch, wrecked near Newcastle, New South Wales, Australia
- USS Little Ada (1864), steamer captured by the Union Navy during the American Civil War
- Astronomy
- 523 Ada, minor planet orbiting the Sun
- Biology
- Computer science
- Enzymes, etc.
- Meteorology
- Scientific and medical organizations
- Air travel
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