Look up Ada, ada, or ADA in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.

Ada, ADA, or A.D.A. may refer to:

Food[link]

• Ada

People[link]

• Ada (name), a feminine given name (and list of people with the name)
• 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 (1815–1852), the first computer programmer
• Ada Yonath (born 1939), Israeli biochemist
• Ada (musician), stage name of electronic artist, DJ, and singer Michaela Dippel

Places[link]

Croatia

• Ada, Croatia, village in Croatia, municipality Šodolovci, Vukovar-Syrmia County

Ghana

• Ada, Ghana, or Ada Foah
• Ada (Ghana parliament constituency)

Nigeria

• Ada, Delta, Isoka town in Delta State

New Zealand

• Ada River, South Island

Serbia

• Ada (Serbia), town and municipality

Tanzania

• Ada Estate, luxury residential suburb of Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

United States

• Ada, Alabama, an unincorporated community in Montgomery County, Alabama
• Ada County, Idaho
• Ada Township, Dickey County, North Dakota
• Ada Township, Michigan, Kent County, Michigan
• Ada Township, Perkins County, South Dakota, Perkins County, South Dakota
• Ada, Minnesota, Norman County, Minnesota
• Ada, Ohio, Hardin County, Ohio
• Ada, Oklahoma, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma
• Ada, Oregon, Lane County, Oregon
• Ada, West Virginia, Mercer County, West Virginia
• Ada, Wisconsin, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin

Literature, film, music, and the arts[link]

• Ada or Ardor: A Family Chronicle, a 1969 novel by Vladimir Nabokov
• Alternative Distribution Alliance, a music distributor owned by Warner Music Group

Television and film

• Ada TV, broadcasts in both satellite and terrestrial in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus
• 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

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

Politics and government[link]

• 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
• Amigos dos Amigos, a drug cartel in the favelas of Rio de Janeiro
• Angehöriger der Armee, or AdA, a member of the Swiss Armed Forces
• 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, a US government attorney position
• Austrian Development Agency, a development aid agency
• Australian Digital Alliance, a copyright advocacy group
• Association of Drainage Authorities, a membership body for those involved in water level management in the United Kingdom

Science and engineering[link]

• ADA collider, the first electron–positron collider
• Analog-to-digital converter/Digital-to-analog converter, seen as ADA or A/DA, a 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., a system of counting years, like A.D. and A.M.
• Ada (food), an 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), a 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), a programming language based on Pascal
• Ada (computer virus)
• Apple Design Awards

Enzymes, etc.

• Adenosine deaminase, an enzyme involved in purine metabolism
• Ada (protein), an 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, a Colombian Airline
• Airline Deregulation Act, a 1978 US bill removing governmental control from commercial aviation
• Adana Şakirpaşa Airport's IATA code

See also[link]

• Adah (disambiguation)
• Adha (disambiguation)

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Ada Wong (エイダ・ウォン, Eida Won^?) is a game character in the Resident Evil series.^[1] Ada is a mysterious and ambiguous antihero figure, working for the series' villains but also helping the hero Leon. She debuted in Resident Evil 2 in 1998 and since then became one of the most popular female characters in the series, alongside Jill.^[2][3] The film version of Ada is set to appear in Resident Evil: Retribution, played by Li Bingbing.

Character design[link]

When Resident Evil 2 was still in development, Ada was known as a researcher named Linda who aided Leon across the game, but was changed for the game's final form.^[4]

Ada is voiced by Sally Cahill in Resident Evil 2, Resident Evil 4 and The Darkside Chronicles,^[5] and by an uncredited actress in The Umbrella Chronicles.^[6] Cahill said that getting the part of Ada came from doing other voices for the company.^[7] Ada's costumes are her iconic red dress (including appearing with a Tommy gun^[2] in a homage reference to the 1979 gangster film The Lady in Red) and a black combat suit.

Producers of the Resident Evil live-action film series reportedly "chose her as a foundation for Alice."^[2]

In video games[link]

An American woman of Chinese descent,^[8] Ada is first mentioned in the original Resident Evil, in a letter written by a dying Umbrella Corporation researcher named John. She makes her first appearance in Resident Evil 2 (revisited in Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles), secretly working as a spy for the mysterious "organization", sent to recover a sample of the deadly G-virus from the Umbrella's lab in Raccoon City.^[9] Ada poses as a bystander who is searching for her missing boyfriend, John, when she meets Leon S. Kennedy, a rookie police officer trapped in the city.^[10] Her secret agenda is exposed, but (depending on which scenario is played) she is seriously wounded by either Annette Birkin or the Tyrant T-103.^[11] An epilogue in Resident Evil 3: Nemesis as well as a fictional documentary in Code: Veronica confirm that Ada survived the ordeal.

Ada's role in Resident Evil 2 is also explored in Resident Evil: The Umbrella Chronicles and Resident Evil: The Darkside Chronicles. She also appears as a playable character in another RE2 spin-off game, Operation Raccoon City, in its multiplayer Heroes Mode.^[12]

Her next appearance was in Resident Evil 4, where she assists Leon in his mission to rescue the U.S. President's daughter Ashley Graham, although her true objective is to obtain a sample of the Las Plagas parasites for Albert Wesker.^[13][14] Ada appears in the game's sub-scenario "Assignment: Ada", as well as in the "Mercenaries" mode. A new scenario starring Ada, titled "Separate Ways", which depicts the events of the main game from Ada's perspective, as well as a fictional documentary titled "Ada's Report", where she describes her involvement with other characters in the story, were added to the PlayStation 2, PC, Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, and Wii ports.^[15]

It is confirmed that she will become playable in Resident Evil 6, after the player finishes the storylines for its main characters Leon, Chris Redfield and Jake Muller.^[16]

In other media[link]

This section requires expansion.

In 2011, Li Bingbing was cast as Ada for the upcoming live-action film Resident Evil: Retribution.^[17] In the film, Ada will be held captive by Jill Valentine.^[18]

In merchandise[link]

Action figures of Ada were included in the figure sets Resident Evil 2 Platinum Edition 2 by Toy Biz (in 2002)^[19][20] and Resident Evil 4: Series 1 by NECA (in 2005).^[21][22] Hot Toys announced a 1/6 scale figure of Ada in 2011.^[23][24] A few more Ada statuettes were also released in Japan only.^[25][26] In 2011, Ada Wong was added to Bandai's Resident Evil Deck Building Game in the expansion Nightmare, described as "the card everyone has been waiting to see."^[27]

Reception[link]

Ada was generally very well received by critics. In 2007, Ada was featured by Tom's Games among the 50 greatest female characters in video game history (with a suggestion that she should be played by Kelly Hu in a live-action Resident Evil film)^[28] was ranked second on the list of top "video game chicks" by ActionTrip,^[29] and, together with Leon, she was also included in The Inquirer's list of the most memorable video game love teams.^[30] GameDaily featured her as their Babe of the Week in 2007 (described as a "gun-toting hottie" with capabilities to star in her own video game),^[31] also including her in the 2009 galleries Babe of the Week: Asian Beauties^[32] and the Girl Power (listed along with Claire Redfield, Jill and Sheva Alomar).^[33] In 2011, Complex ranked her as 19th on the list of "most diabolical video game she-villains", noting her "dragon-lady qualities."^[34] The Escapist found Ada to be an admirable feminist icon in light of the philosophies of French existentialist Simone de Beauvoir.^[35] According to Rely on Horror, "Basically, Ada could be seen as the female version of Wesker. She's a true femme fatale."^[3]

Ada has been often regarded as one of the most sexy female characters in all of video gaming. In 2008, UGO ranked Ada as fourth on their list of "videogame hotties", describing her as "drop dead gorgeous" and stating that they anticipate what the series has in store for her in the future,^[36] while GameDaily ranked her as 12th on their list of "hottest game babes".^[37] In 2009, MSN featured her in the list of "gaming's hottest babes", calling her "the kinda babe guys dream about!",^[38] Manolith listed her as one of the 25 "hottest" video game female protagonists, stating "Loyalists to Jill Valentine may cry foul, but Ada Wong is the true queen of the Resident Evil series",^[39] while IGN included her on the list of characters they would like to see returning for Resident Evil 6.^[40] In 2010, Complex ranked her as 28th of the "hottest" women in video games,^[41] The Times of India listed her among the nine "sexiest babes" of action games,^[42] and PopCrunch ranked her as tenth on the list of "hottest video game babes ever".^[43] Complex also ranked her as 24th on the 2011 list of "best looking sideline chicks in games", commenting on Ada's resemblance to Nikita from La Femme Nikita,^[44] while PSU.com featured her among the sexiest PlayStation characters, summing up: "Super hot Chinese lady killing zombies, what is not to love?"^[2]

On the other hand, there was also some criticism of the character. Play editor Gavin Mackenzie criticized her perceived "bitch" personality in Resident Evil 4 in retrospective from the events of Resident Evil 2,^[45] while GamesRadar found Ada's outfit from Resident Evil 4 to be unsuitable for the game's theme, ranking her iconic "out-of-our-price-bracket Shanghai hooker" look as the most impractical of all main outfits of the series' stars, and commenting that anyone dressing like she does to fight zombies "would have to be certifiably mental."^[46]

References[link]

External links[link]

• Ada Wong – The Resident Evil Wiki
• Ada Wong – Capcom Database Wiki

It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 . (Discuss) Proposed since October 2011.

Americans with disabilities comprise one of the largest minority groups in the United States. According to the Disability Status: 2000 - Census 2000 Brief approximately 20% of Americans have one or more diagnosed psychological or physical disability:

Census 2000 counted 49.7 million people with some type of long lasting condition or disability. They represented 19.3 percent of the 257.2 million people who were aged 5 and older in the civilian non-institutionalized population -- or nearly one person in five..."^[1]

This percentage varies depending on how disabilities are defined. According to Census Brief 97-5, "About 1 in 5 Americans have some kind of disability, and 1 in 10 have a severe disability."^[2]

Although Americans live in the only industrialized nation without universal healthcare^{[citation needed]}, those with disabilities can generally find adequate levels of subsidized support from a variety of sources, generally at the regional level. While most rural areas — especially in the Great Plains region — have little or no government-organized medical support infrastructure for the permanently disabled indigent population, most major urban centers have healthcare systems. One of the largest developed systems is the Harris County Mental Health and Retardation Authority (MHMRA).^{[citation needed]} Started in 1992 as a spinoff of the local University of Texas Health Science Center, MHMRA proved to be a success as it focused on handling complex Medicare and Medicaid paperwork for patients, in a system which greatly cut down on administration costs and sped the approval process.^[3]

Americans with disabilities are protected by the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990.

External links[link]

• American Association Of People With Disabilities
• United Cerebral Palsy, nonprofit supporting people with all disabilities
• Census Bureau Data on Disability
• The National Organization on Disability
• DisabilityInfo.gov - The New Freedom Initiative's Online Resource for Americans with Disabilities

References[link]