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From: ncohen@watson.ibm.com (Norman H. Cohen)
Subject: Re: What's ADA?
Date: 1996/05/02
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In article <4maead$qb2@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us>,
bowmanc@ns1.sw-eng.falls-church.va.us (Carl Bowman) writes: 

|> ADA stands for the American Dental Association, or the Americans with
|> Disabilities Act. :)

And don't forget: 

    air defense artillery
    airborne data automation
    audio distribution amplifier
    automatic data acquisition
    automatic data area
    American Dairy Association
    American Diabetic Association
    Americans for Democratic Action
    ammonia dihydrogen arsenate
    ACD delay before announcement
       (a telephony term; ACD=automatic call distribution)

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Norman H. Cohen    ncohen@watson.ibm.com