ANNotated Ada Anna <language, specification> (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]. (1994-11-01)