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From: johnherro@aol.com (John Herro)
Subject: Re: What's ADA?
Date: 1996/05/03
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ncohen@watson.ibm.com (Norman H. Cohen) wrote:
> [ADA stands for ...]
> 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)

     C'mon, we all know that ADA stands for Another Darned Acronym!

- John Herro
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