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I typed in Ada as in Ada programming language. That one will get obscure or interesting results. Results: "is short for (Ada Lovelace?); is enforced by (semi-accurate if DOD); is bullshit (popular opinion); is invisible fallout 4 (used there?); is op (huh?); is missing fallout 4 (meant to be used for gaming?). So, three answers are a definite hit, one way off, and two might reveal a secret deployment that's a sign of things to come in gaming. Same kind of results you get using the Ada compiler to assess program correctness. Interesting...

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Ada is the name of a character in Fallout 4: http://fallout.wikia.com/wiki/Ada

'op' = over powered, in gamer speak. So, is the character Ada over powered in the game Fallout 4? is the question people are searching.

BOOM! It all makes sense. The Internet crowds apparently converged on a game. Now, I have to wonder if she enforces anything in the game or it "enforces" a player decision they don't like. Also, there might be a scenario involving her that people think is "bullshit."

Considering 12 million copies of Fallout 4 sold in the first 24 hours of launch, it's quite possible (if sad) that there's users of Google that know of the game than know of Ada Lovelace (beyond having just heard the name once) or the Ada language.

Thats... (weeps)... probably true. It might also be true once 99% forget Fallout 4 exists.

Keep in mind what data this is drawing from - it's not what people know about, it's what they google.

As such it's probably better considered as a measure of how often people aren't familiar with something, but suddenly find themselves wanting to more about it. It's not too surprising that that happens more for a popular video game or a regulatory law than for a historical figure or a programming language.

Searching lovelace will make you weep too.

What the hell... Must be the 2013 movie. Everything on this search is shallower than Shallow Hal.

I'm guessing the "enforced by" one is about the Americans with Disabilities Act.

Most pronounceable 3 letter combinations are pretty overloaded.

BOOMx2! Good guess. That makes a lot of sense.

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