Ada - Science and Engineering

Science and Engineering

• ADA collider, the first electron–positron collider
• in genetics, ADA is the abbreviation of Adenosine deaminase enzyme
• Analog-to-digital converter/Digital-to-analog converter, seen as ADA or A/DA, 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., system of counting years, like A.D. and A.M.
• Ada (food), 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

• Ada (orchid), genus of orchids
• Ada aurantiaca, species of orchid and the type species of its genus
• Ada keiliana, species of orchid

Computer science

• Ada (programming language), programming language based on Pascal
• Ada (computer virus)
• Apple Design Awards

Enzymes, etc.

• Adenosine deaminase, enzyme involved in purine metabolism
• Ada (protein), enzyme induced by treatment of bacterial cells
• Ada regulon, one of the Escherichia coli adaptive response proteins

Meteorology

• Cyclone Ada (disambiguation), two tropical cyclones named Ada

Scientific and medical organizations

• AdA (physics) or Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (National Institute for Nuclear Physics), Italy
• American Dental Association
• American Diabetes Association
• American Dietetic Association
• American Dyslexia Association

Air travel

• Ada Air, regional airline based in Tirana, Albania
• Ada International Airport or Saipan International Airport, Saipan Island, Northern Mariana Islands
• Aerolínea de Antioquia, Colombian Airline
• Airline Deregulation Act, 1978 US bill removing governmental control from commercial aviation
• Adana Şakirpaşa Airport's IATA code