<s>
The	O
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were	O
a	O
set	O
of	O
requirements	O
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a	O
high-level	O
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programming	O
language	O
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,	O
created	O
by	O
the	O
United	O
States	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
in	O
The	O
Department	O
of	O
Defense	O
Common	O
High	O
Order	O
Language	O
program	O
in	O
1978	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
requirements	O
focused	O
on	O
the	O
needs	O
of	O
embedded	B-Architecture
computer	I-Architecture
applications	O
,	O
and	O
emphasised	O
reliability	O
,	O
maintainability	O
,	O
and	O
efficiency	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Notably	O
,	O
they	O
included	O
exception	B-General_Concept
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facilities	O
,	O
run-time	O
checking	O
,	O
and	O
parallel	B-Operating_System
computing	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
design	O
that	O
won	O
this	O
contest	O
became	O
the	O
Ada	B-Language
programming	I-Language
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.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
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95	I-Language
revision	O
of	O
the	O
language	O
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beyond	O
the	O
Steelman	O
requirements	O
,	O
targeting	O
general-purpose	O
systems	O
in	O
addition	O
to	O
embedded	B-Architecture
ones	O
,	O
and	O
adding	O
features	O
supporting	O
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