Computer Dictionary of Information Technology

ANNotated Ada

(Anna) A specification language developed at Stanford University ca. 1980 for formally specifying Ada programs. It has a Specification Analyzer and a Consistency Checking System. It adds semantic assertions in the form of Ada comments.

ftp://anna.stanford.edu/pub/anna/.

["ANNA - A Language for Annotating Ada Programs", David Luckham et al, Springer 1987].