The term ADA is associated with two people: Rehan (5 letters) and Lovelace (8 letters). Rehan is a computer scientist and entrepreneur who founded the software company AdaCore. He is known for his work in programming language design, software engineering, and artificial intelligence. Lovelace was an English mathematician and writer who is widely considered to be the first computer programmer. She wrote the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine, and is credited with being the first to recognize the full potential of computers.