Ada - A computer language (pronounced Ayda) developed for and sponsored by the U.S. Dept. of Defense for widespread government use. The language was named after Ada Augusta (1816-52), Countess of Lovelace (and daughter of the poet Byron), mathematician and assistant to Charles Babbage, whose computer design in 1834 contained many of the concepts of modern computers.

(Kramarae, Cheris, & Treichler, Paula A., A Feminist Dictionary, Pandora Press, London, 1985, p34)