The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

A Data Management System

    (ADAM) A suite of software tools intended to
   assist in the design and testing of military information
   processing systems.  ADAM was developed by the MITRE
   Corporation in 1966.  It consisted of 53 different programs
   which ran on an IBM 7030 (STRETCH).  It was targetted at
   systems that had to cope with large volumes of data with
   complex relationships with rapid response and increasing
   requirements.  ADAM was part of the Information Systems Tools
   and Software Techniques project.

   ["Evaluation of ADAM An Advanced Data Management System",
   R.A.J. Gildea, Aug
   1967. (http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/tr/fulltext/u2/661273.pdf)].

   (2015-08-14)