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'''ADA''' is an [[object-oriented]], strongly-typed programming language which the US [[Department of Defense]] uses for much of its contracted software development. It is equal in power to [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and is especially popular for programming [[embedded system]]s.

'''ADA''' is an object-oriented, strongly-typed programming language which the US [[Department of Defense]] uses for much of its contracted software development. It is equal in power to [[Java (programming language)|Java]] and is especially popular for programming [[embedded system]]s.

* "Ada is taught and used all around the world (not just in the USA). Ada is used in a very wide range of applications: banking, medical devices, telecommunications, air traffic control, airplanes, railroad signalling, satellites, rockets, etc." [http://www.adahome.com/FAQ/programming.html]

* "Ada is taught and used all around the world (not just in the USA). Ada is used in a very wide range of applications: banking, medical devices, telecommunications, air traffic control, airplanes, railroad signalling, satellites, rockets, etc." [http://www.adahome.com/FAQ/programming.html]

It was named for [[Ada Lovelace]], who documented the work of [[Charles Babbage]], an early computing pioneer (see [[Analytic Engine]]).

It was named for [[Ada Lovelace]], who documented the work of [[Charles Babbage]], an early computing pioneer (see Analytic Engine).

==Links==

==Links==

*[http://www.cs.fit.edu/~ryan/ada/ada-hist.html History of the ADA programming language]

*[http://www.cs.fit.edu/~ryan/ada/ada-hist.html History of the ADA programming language]

[[Category:Programming Languages]]

[[Category:Programming Languages]]