In the world of software, there is a traditional procedure followed when teaching a programming language. A small piece of code is used to print “Hello, world!” to the screen in the language’s simplest form. The history of these two words dates back to the 1970s. As the residents of Ada, we are also saying “Hello World!” to you with this post.
In 1974, a memo titled “Programming in C: A Tutorial” was sent by Brian Kernighan from Bell Laboratories. The second item of this memo, under the heading “A Simple C Program,” contained a piece of code that generated the output “hello, world”. This tiny snippet of code inspired other books and became a tradition; today, it is used in the majority of books that teach programming languages.
It took us a little while to say hello by launching a blog, but our first posts on our social media accounts followed this format (Facebook, Twitter). When we launched our blog, we didn’t neglect to say “Hello World!” to keep the tradition alive.
While we won’t strictly stick to a specific topic on our blog, our goal is to share subjects that interest us and that we think will interest you. If you would like to become a guest author, you can let us know via the contact section of our website.
Our first topic: Why ADA?
Are you ready? Because we are going to list many reasons. Some are symbolic, some are the result of analytical thinking, some are emotional, and some are pragmatic. But all of them are reasons we love and believe reflect our company. If you are ready, let’s begin:
Alphabetically Advantageous Starting with the first letter of the alphabet ensures a top spot in alphabetical lists. Furthermore, the letter ‘D’ following ‘A’, and then another ‘A’, ensures we rank higher than competitors in alphabetical sorting. The space following the three letters further cements this position.
Recursive Acronym When you shorten “Ada Dijital Ajans” (Ada Digital Agency), you get Ada again. In English, these types of abbreviations are called Recursive Acronyms. If you’d like to learn more and see examples, you can check the heading on Wikipedia. (Wikipedia was banned here while we were writing this. We hope it isn’t still banned when you read it.)
Respect for Ada Lovelace This time, instead of directing you to Wikipedia, let’s quote directly from it:
Augusta Ada King, Countess of Lovelace (10 December 1815 – 27 November 1852), born Augusta Ada Byron and now commonly known as Ada Lovelace, was an English mathematician and writer. She is chiefly known for her work on Charles Babbage’s proposed mechanical general-purpose computer, the Analytical Engine. Her notes on the engine include what is recognized as the first algorithm intended to be processed by a machine. Because of this, she is generally considered the world’s first computer programmer.
Ada Lovelace Day (ALD) is celebrated every year in October. It is an international day celebrating the achievements of women in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Although it isn’t very well known in our country yet, as far as I know, it is recognized and celebrated by groups like Kadın Yazılımcı (Women Developers) and Django Girls.
It Has a Meaning in Turkish Ada is not a meaningless word; it means a piece of land surrounded by water on all four sides (Island), and we love this meaning. So much so that we make references to Robinson Crusoe. You can reach Ada’s first resident—who worked alone for a long time—at robinson{at}ada.agency. If you’d like to say hello to the whole team, you can use cuma{at}ada.agency.
English Translation is Very Close to the Original Name We don’t experience pronunciation issues regarding our company name in our work with international clients. Since the words “Digital” and “Agency” (Dijital and Ajans) were loanwords into Turkish anyway, we can easily maintain communication when referring to ourselves as Ada Digital Agency.
We are also curious about what Ada evokes for you. You can write to us about this via our contact form or social media. And let us remind you once again; if you would like to be a guest author on our blog, you can reach us via our contact form.
See you in our next post!
