Ada
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Ada, ADA, or A.D.A. may refer to:
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[edit] People
- 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, the "first computer programmer"
- Ada (musician), stage name of electronic artist, DJ, and singer Michaela Dippel
[edit] Places
- Ada, Croatia
- Ada, Ghana
- Ada (Ghana parliament constituency)
- Ada (Serbia)
- Ada County, Idaho, U.S.
- Ada River, New Zealand
- Ada Township (disambiguation)
- Ada, Minnesota, U.S.
- Ada, Ohio, U.S.
- Ada, Oklahoma, U.S.
- Ada, Michigan, U.S.
[edit] Television and film
- 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
[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
- 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
- Austrian Development Agency, a development aid agency
- Australian Digital Alliance, a copyright advocacy group
[edit] Air travel
- Aerolínea de Antioquia, a Colombian Airline
- Airline Deregulation Act, a 1978 US bill removing governmental control from commercial aviation
- Adana Şakirpaşa Airport's IATA code
[edit] Computing
- Ada (programming language), a programming language partially inspired by Pascal
- Ada (computer virus)
- Apple Design Awards
[edit] Medicine
- American Dental Association
- American Diabetes Association
- American Dietetic Association
- American Dyslexia Association
[edit] Enzymes
- Adenosine deaminase, an enzyme involved in purine metabolism
- Ada (protein), an enzyme induced by treatment of bacterial cells
[edit] Video games
- Ada (Castlevania), a character in Castlevania: Legacy of Darkness
- Ada Wong, a character in the Resident Evil franchise
- ADA, a character in Zone of the Enders
[edit] Other uses
- Ada (name), a feminine given name (and list of people with the name)
- Ada (food), an Indian food made with rice, coconut powder mix, and sugar
- Ada (orchid), a genus of orchids
- Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, a 1969 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
- ADA collider, the first electron–positron collider
- 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.
- Alternative Distribution Alliance, a music distributor owned by Warner Music Group
- Amigos dos Amigos, a drug cartel in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro
- Analog-to-digital converter/Digital-to-analog converter, seen as ADA or A/DA, a conversion occurring in some electronic devices, often musical
- Association of Drainage Authorities, a membership body for those involved in water level management in the United Kingdom
- Angehöriger der Armee, or AdA, a member of the Swiss Armed Forces
[edit] See also
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