In American slang this word has many meanings. Applied to a person it implies great skill, great decency of character or close friendship. It is often a permanent nickname, but can be applied in an ad hoc way as a vocative. It is so used in Only a...

ACE may refer to: Computing ACE (editor), a multi-platform collaborative editor ACE (file format), a data compression and archiving format The ACE ORB, TAO, a free CORBA implementation Adaptive Communication Environment, an open-source cross-platform...