 10 definitions found
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
ADA
noun: 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 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 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
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 Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:
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