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List of acronyms: C

This list contains acronyms, initialisms, and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter C.

C0–9
C2 or C2 – (i) Command and Controlc2c – (s) the British rail company formerly known as LTS RailC2C • (p) Coast to Coast Athletic ConferenceConsumer-To-Consumer electronic commerce • Cam-To-Cam internet chatC2D or C2D – (i) Intel Core 2 DuoC2IEDM or C2IEDM – (i) Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model • C2IS or C2IS – (i) Command and Control Information System • C2PC or C2PC – (i) Command and Control Personal Computer • C2V or C2V – (i) Command and Control Vehicle • C2W or C2W – (i) Command and Control Warfare • C3 or C3 • (i) Colorectal Cancer ConditionCommand, Control, and CommunicationsC3I or C3I – (i) Command, Control, Communications, and IntelligenceC4 or C4 – (i) Command, Control, Communications, and ComputersC4I or C4I – (i) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence • C4ISR or C4ISR – (i) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance ==CA==
CA
ca – (s) Catalan language (ISO 639-1 code) • Ca – (s) CalciumCA • (s) California (postal symbol) • Canada (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) • Catalonia • (i) Civil Affairs • Close Armour • Cocaine AnonymousComputer Associates • Counter-Air • Cricket AustraliaCAA • (i) Canadian Automobile Association • (NORAD) Center for Aerospace Analysis • (U.S.) Center for Army Analysis • (U.S.) Clean Air Act • (U.S. Army) Concepts Analysis Agency • Civil Aviation AuthorityCoastal Athletic Association or its former name of Colonial Athletic Association • CAAT • (i) or (a) Campaign Against Arms TradeCenter for Alternatives to Animal TestingCABCivil Aeronautics Board • CABB (p/i) – Confederación Argentina de Básquetbol (Spanish, "Argentine Basketball Confederation") • CAC • (i) California Association of Criminalists • Chronic Asymptomatic Carrier|Chronic Asymptomatic [Disease] Carrier • CACM • (i) Central American Common Market • (i) Communications of the ACMCAD • (s) Canadian dollar (ISO 4217 currency code) • (a) Computer-Aided DesignComputer-Aided DispatchCpplint Anxiety Disorder - (a) Condition suffered by software developers who worry about whether they've left any whitespace on the end of a line • CADCAM – (a) Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Manufacturing • CADMID – (a) Concept, Assessment, Demonstration, Manufacture, In service, Disposal (life cycle mnemonic) • CADPAT – (p) CAnadian Disruptive PATtern • CADT – Child/Adolescent Day Treatment • CAE • (i) Canadian Aviation Electronics (originally) • Certificate in Advanced EnglishCAEn – (i/a) Close Action Engagement (constructive simulation) • CAF • (s) Central African Republic (ISO 3166 trigram) • (i) Confederation of African Football (or French Confédération Africaine de Football) • CAFAD – (a) Combined Arms For Air Defence • CAFDE • (a) Canadian Association of Film Distributors and Exporters • Computer Aided Federation Development Environment • CAFE – (a) Corporate Average Fuel Economy standard • CAI – (i) Computer Assisted InstructionCAIR – (i) Council on American-Islamic RelationsCalabarzon – (p) A region in the Philippines: CAvite, LAguna, BAtangas, Rizal, queZONCALL – (a) (U.S.) Center for Army Lessons LearnedCALM – (p) Communications, Air-interface, Long and Medium range • CalPERS – (p) California Public Employees' Retirement System • CalSTRS – (p) California State Teachers' Retirement System • Caltrans – (p) California Department of TransportationCAM • (a) Chemical Agent MonitorComplementary and alternative medicineComputer-Aided ManufacturingCrassulacean acid metabolism (type of photosynthesis) • CAMRA – (p) CAMpaign for Real Ale • CAN – (s) Canada (ISO 3166 trigram) • CANA – (a) Convulsive Antidote, Nerve AgentCANDU – (p) CANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design) • Canola – (p) Canadian oil, low acid (referring to a specific cultivar of rapeseed bred to have a low erucic acid content) • CAP • (i) Combat Air PatrolCivil Air Patrol • Common [Operating/Operational] Air Picture • Crisis Action Procedures • Common Agricultural Policy (European Union) • CAPES • (p) CAPability Evaluation System • (a) Combined Arms Planning and Execution System • CAPTCHA – Completely Automated Public Turing test to tell Computers and Humans Apart • CAQ – (i) Coalition Avenir Québec (French, "Coalition for Québec's Future"; political party in that Canadian province) • CARB (i) – California Air Resources BoardCARE • (a) Citizens Association for Racial Equality (former New Zealand organisation) • (p) Community database on Accidents on the Roads in Europe • (a) Cooperative for Aid and Relief Everywhere (originally Cooperative for American Remittances to Europe) • CARMONETTE – (p) Computerized Monte Carlo Simulation • CARP – (a) Computed Air Release Point • CART – (a) Championship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct) • CAS • (i) Chemical Abstracts ServiceChief of the Air StaffClose Air SupportCASA –(a) Civil Aviation Safety Authority • CASE • (a) Cellular ammunition storage equipment • Computer-Aided Software EngineeringCASS – (a) Command Activated Sonobuoy System • CASTFOREM – (p) Combined Arms and Support Task Force Evaluation Model • CASTOR – (a) Canadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research • cat – (s) Catalan language (ISO 639-2 code) • CAT • (a) Community Acceptance Testing • Computer-Assisted (or Axial) TomographyCATK – (p) Counterattack • CATS – (a) Computer Active Technology SuspensionCATT – (a/i) Combined Arms Tactical TrainerCAV – (p) Cavalry • CAVE - Citizens Against Virtually EverythingCAVOK – (p) Ceiling And Visibility OK ("Kav-okay") • CAW – (i) Canadian Auto Workers (trade union) ==CB==
CB
CB • (i) Citizens' Band radio • (s) Cambodia (FIPS 10-4 country code) • CBASSE – (a) Commission on Behavioral And Social Sciences and Education ("sea bass") • CBC • (i) Canadian Broadcasting CorporationChristmas Bird CountCipher-Block ChainingCornering Brake ControlCBE • (i) Commander of the Order of the British Empire • Cab Beside Engine (see truck) • CBF – (i) Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (Portuguese, "Brazilian Football Confederation") • CBGB – (i) Country, Blue Grass, and Blues (former New York City nightclub) • CBLA – (i) Comparative bullet lead analysisCBNCardsApp Brand NumberCBM – many, including Canadian Baptist Ministries and Commodore Business Machines; see entryCBML – (i) Coalition Battle Management Language • CBOL – (i) Consortium for the Barcode of LifeCBOT – (i) Chicago Board of TradeCBP – (i) (U.S.) Customs and Border ProtectionCBR – (i) Case-Based ReasoningCBRE • (i) Canadian Brotherhood of Railway EmployeesCertified broadcast radio engineer (U.S. professional certification) • Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Explosive Defence Group (Singapore) • Coldwell Banker Richard EllisCBRN – (i) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear (weapon or event) • CBRNE – (i) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event) • CBS • (i) Columbia Broadcasting System • Corps Battle Simulation • CBT • (i) Cock and Ball Torture • (i) Cognitive Behaviour Therapy • (i) Closed Beta Test • (p) Combat • CBUS – (i) Columbus, Ohio ==CC==
CC
CC – many, including carbon copy; see entryCCA – (i) Counter Command Activity • CCC • CCC - (p/i) Coricidin Cough & ColdCCC • (i) Canterbury Clothing CompanyCivilian Conservation Corps (U.S., 1930s and 1940s) • Corpus Christi College, Oxford • CCCAA – (p/i) California Community College Athletic Association (usually pronounced "3C-2A") • CCCP • (i) Central Committee of the Communist PartyCyrillic for SSSR (Soyuz Sovetskikh Sotsialisticheskikh Respublik, Russian Союз Советских Социалистических Республик, Union of Soviet Socialist Republics) • CCD • (i) Charge-Coupled DeviceConfraternity of Christian Doctrine (Catechism) • CCF – (i) Cartoon Cartoon FridaysCCG • (i) Canadian Coast GuardCollectible Card GameCCGC • (i) Canadian Coast Guard CutterCanadian Coast Guard College • CCGH – (i) Canadian Coast Guard Hovercraft • CCGS • (i) Canadian Coast Guard ShipChrist Church Grammar SchoolCCH – (i) Computer-Controlled Hostile • CCIF – (p) Comité consultatif international des communications téléphoniques à grande distance (French for International Telephone Consultative Committee, merged with the CCIT in 1956 to form the CCITT) • CCII • (i) Command and Control Information Infrastructure • Community Capital Investment Initiative • CCIR • (i) Comité consultatif international pour la radio (French for Consultative Committee on International Radio, became the ITU Radiocommunication Sector, ITU-R, in 1992) • commander's critical information requirement • CCIT – (p) Comité consultatif international télégraphique (French for International Telegraph Consultative Committee, merged with the CCIF in 1956 to form the CCITT) • CCITT – (p) Comité consultatif international téléphonique et télégraphique (French for International Telegraph and Telephone Consultative Committee, became the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector, ITU-T, in 1992) • CCK • (p) Cholecystokinin • (s) Cocos (Keeling) Islands (ISO 3166 trigram) • CCM • (i) Canada Cycle & Motor Co. Ltd. (now split into two separate companies bearing the CCM name, one manufacturing bicycles and the other ice hockey equipment) • Contemporary Christian musicCape Cod MallCCOC • (i) Canadian Children's Opera ChorusCCOP – (i) Coalition Common Operating/Operational Picture • CCP • (i) Casualty Collection Point • Communications Checkpoint • Contingency Communications Package • CCPA – (i) Consumer Credit Protection ActCCR • (i) Covenants, conditions, and restrictions (related to real estate, especially in the US) • Creedence Clearwater RevivalCCRAp – (p) Canadian Conservative Reform Alliance party • CCRP – (i) Command and Control Research ProgramCCRTS – (i) Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium • CCSCS – (a) Coordinadora de Centrales Sindicales del Cono Sur • CCSCS – (i) Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems • CCSIL – (i) Command and Control Simulation Interface Language ("cecil") • CCSK – (i) Cyclic Code Shift Keying • CCT – (i) Current Commitments Team • CCTT – (i) Close Combat Tactical Trainer ==CD==
CD
cd – (s) CandelaCd – (s) CadmiumCD – many, including Compact Disc; see entryCD1 – (i) Cluster of Differentiation 1 (a small gene family) • CDA – (i) UK Centre for Defence AnalysisCDC • (i) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (originally (U.S.) Communicable Disease Center) • Control Data CorporationCult of the Dead CowCDD – (i) Capabilities Development Document • CDE – (i) Chemical Defence Equipment • CDEC – (i) U.S. Combat Development Experimentation CenterCDF • (i) California Department of Forestry [and Fire Protection] • Common Data Format • (s) Democratic Republic of Congo franc congolais (ISO 4217 currency code) • CDIAC – (a) Carbon Dioxide Information Analysis Center ("see-dee-ack") • CDipAF – (i) Certified Diploma in Accounting and Finance • CDL – (i) Commercial driver's licenseCDM • (i) Clean Development Mechanism (Kyoto protocol) • Cold Dark Matter (astronomy) • CDMA – (i) Code Division Multiple Access • CDMO – (i) Contract Development & Manufacturing OrganizationsCDMSII – (p) Cryogenic Dark Matter Search II • CDMX – (p) Ciudad de México, the Spanish name of Mexico CityCdr – (p) CommanderCDS • (i) Chief of the Defence StaffCredit default swapCdt – (p) CommandantCDT – (i) Central Daylight Time (UTC−5 hours) ==CE==
CE
ce – (s) Chechen language (ISO 639-1 code) • Ce – (s) CeriumCE – many, including Christian/Common Era (cf. AD); see entryCEA – (i) Campaign Effectiveness Analysis • CECOM – (p) U.S. Army Communications and Electronics CommandCECOT – (p) Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (Spanish, "Terrorism Confinement Center"), maximum-security prison in El Salvador • CEDEX – (p) ''Courrier d'entreprise à distribution exceptionnelle'' (French, "Company Mail with Exceptional Distribution"; "exceptional" refers to the volume of mail) • CEGEP – (p) ''Collège d'enseignement général et professionnel'' (French, "College of General and Vocational Education") • CEI – (i) Competitive Enterprise InstituteCENTCOM – (p) United States Central CommandCENTO – (a) Central Treaty Organization (Baghdad Pact) • CENZUB – (p) ''Centre d'entraînement aux actions en zone urbaine'' (French, "Urban Operations Training Centre") • CEO – (i) Chief Executive Officer • CEP – (i) Circular Error ProbableCEPT – (a/i) Conférence européenne des administrations des postes et des télécommunications (French, "European Conference of Postal and Telecommunications Administrations") • CERCLA – (a) U.S. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (Superfund) • CERDEC – U.S. Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering CenterCERGA – (a) Centre de recherches en géodynamique et astrométrie (French, "Astrometry and Geodynamics Research Centre") • CERN – (a) Centre européen pour la recherche nucléaire (French, "European Organization for Nuclear Research") • CERT – (a) Computer Emergency Response Teamces – (s) Czech language (ISO 639-2 code) • CESS – (i) Centre for Earth Science Studies (India) • CEV • (i) Combat Engineer VehicleConfédération européenne de volleyball (French, "European Volleyball Confederation") • Crew Exploration VehicleCEWC – (a/i) Council for Education in World Citizenship ==CF==
CF
cf. – (i) confer (Latin "compare", or "see also") • Cf – (s) CaliforniumCF • (i) Canadian Forces • (s) Central African Republic (ISO 3166 digram) • (s) Consolidated FreightwaysRepublic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code) • CFA • (i) Cat Fanciers' AssociationChartered Financial AnalystCollege Football Association (former consortium of US major college football conferences) • Color Filter ArrayCounty Fire Authority • Covering Force Area • CFAR • (i) Christine'sFederal Acquisition RegulationCFC • (i) ChloroFluoroCarbonCanadian Fish CompanyCFE – (i) Constitution for the Federation of Earth • CFES – (a) Continuous Flow Electrophoresis System • CFFZ – (i) Call For Fire Zone • CFG • (i) Context-free grammarControl-flow graphCFHT – (i) Canada–France–Hawaii TelescopeCFI – (i) Center for Inquiry (CSICOP) • CFL • (i) Canadian Football League • Co-ordinated Fire Line • CFLCC – (i) Coalition Forces Land Component Command • CFM – (i) Certified Facilities Manager [(IFMA)]http://www.ifma.org/ • CFO – (i) Chief Financial Officer • CFP • (i) Call for papersCollege Football PlayoffCommon Fisheries Policy (EU) • CFR • (i) Code of Federal RegulationsCăile Ferate Române (Romanian, "Romanian Railways") • CFRP – (i) Carbon fibre reinforced plasticCFS – (i) Chronic Fatigue SyndromeCFSP – (i) Common Foreign and Security PolicyCFU – (i) Colony Forming Unit(s) in Microbiology • CFV – (i) Cavalry Fighting VehicleCFZ – (i) Critical Friendly Zone ==CG==
CG
CG – (i) Client Group – Computer Graphics – Controls Group – (s) Democratic Republic of the Congo (FIPS 10-4 country code) – Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 digram) • CGDC – (i) Computer Game Developers Conference (became GDC in 1998) • CGF – (i) Computer-Generated Forces (Simulation) • CGH – (i) Comparative Genomic HybridisationCGIG – (i) Cross-Government Implementation Group • CGM – (i) Computer Graphics MetafileCGO – (s) Republic of the Congo (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) • CGS – (i) Chief of the General StaffCGSIConsumer Guidance Society of IndiaCGT – (i) Capital Gains Tax ==CH==
CH
ch – (s) Chamorro language (ISO 639-1 code) • ch – ch(L) is used to denote the Chern character of a line bundleCH • (p) Chieftain tank • (s) China (FIPS 10-4 country code) • Switzerland (ISO 3166 digram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica) • cha – (s) Chamorro language (ISO 639-2 code) • CHAMPUS – (a) (U.S.) Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Uniformed Services (now known as TRICARE) • CHAOS – (a) Cambridge Heart Anti-Oxidant StudyCHAPS – (a) Clearing House Automated Payment System • CHDK – (i) Canon Hack Development Kit (Canon camera firmware hack) • che – (s) Chechen language (ISO 639-2 code) • CHE – (s) Switzerland (ISO 3166 trigram; from Latin Confoederatio Helvetica) • CHF – (s) Swiss franc (ISO 4217 currency code) • CHICatholic Health Initiatives (US hospital network) • (s) Chile (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) • (i) Columbia Helicopters, IncComputer-Human InteractionCHiP – (a) California Highway PatrolCHIPS – (a) Cosmic Hot Interstellar Plasma SpectrometerCHL – (s) Chile (ISO 3166 trigram) • CHLA – (a) Core Historical Literature of AgricultureCHN – (s) China (ISO 3166 trigram) • CHOGM – (a) Commonwealth Heads of Government MeetingCHP • (i) California Highway PatrolCombined Heat and PowerCHPSO – (a) California Hospital Patient Safety Organization • CHRS – Canadian Heart Rhythm Society • CHS – (i) Combat Health Support • CHT – (i) Certified Hand Therapistchu – (s) Old Church Slavonic language (ISO 639-2 code) • chv – (s) Chuvash language (ISO 639-2 code) • CREN – (p) Christian Real Estate Network Real Estate Association ==CI==
CI
Ci – (s) CurieCI • (s) Chile (FIPS 10-4 country code) • Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 digram) • (i) Counter-Intelligence101 (in Roman numerals) • CIA • (i) Cairo International AirportCentral Intelligence AgencyCru' in ActionCulinary Institute of AmericaCIAO • (i) Critical Infrastructure Assurance Office • Component-Integrated ACE ORBCIB – (i) Complete In Box (Internet auction/trading listings) • CIBC – (i) Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce • CICS – (a) Customer Information Control System (IBM mainframe software; "kicks" or "C-I-C-S") • CID • (i) Certified Interior Designer (New York State professional licensing designation) • (p) Combat Identification • (i) Criminal Investigation DivisionCriminal Investigations Department • CIÉ – (i) Commission internationale de l'éclairageCIEF – (i) ''Comité international d'enregistrement des fréquences'' (International Frequency Registration Board) • CIF • (i) California Interscholastic Federation (high school sports governing body) • Cost, Insurance, and Freight (Paid) (shipping) • CIMIC – (p) Civil-Military Co-operation • CIMMYT – (a/i) Centro Internacional de Mejoramiento de Maíz Y Trigo (Spanish, "International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center") • CINC – (p) Commander in Chief • CINEOS – (a) Campo Imperatore Near-Earth Object SurveyCIO • (i) Chief information officerCongress of Industrial OrganizationsCIP – (a) Combat Identification Panel • CIPE – (i) (European) Centre for International Political EconomyCIR – (i) (Commander's) Critical Information Requirements • CIR – (s) Corotating Interaction RegionCIS • (i) Canadian Interuniversity Sport, a former name of the organization now known as U SportsCommonwealth of Independent States • Command and Information System • Communication and Information SystemCISA – (a) (U.S.) C4I Integration Support Activity • CISB – (i) Complete In Sealed Box (Internet auction/trading listings) • CISPR – (i) Comité international spécial des perturbations radioélectriques (Special International Committee on Radio Interference) • CISSP – (i) Certified Information Systems Security Professional • CITES – (p) Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (of Wild Fauna and Flora) ("sigh-tease") • CITS – (i) Combat Identification Training System • CIV – (s) Côte d'Ivoire (ISO 3166 trigram) • CIVETS – (a) Colombia, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa (economics) • CIVPOP – (p) Civilian Population • CIWS – (i) Close-In Weapon System ==CJ==
CJ
CJ • (s) Cayman Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code) • (i) Criminal JusticeCJC • (i) Canadian Jewish CongressCold Junction CompensationCJD • (i) Chronological Julian DayCreutzfeldt–Jakob diseaseCJCS – (i) Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff • CJO – (i) Chief of Joint OperationsCJTF – (i) Combined Joint Task Force ==CK==
CK
CK • (s) Cocos (Keeling) Islands (FIPS 10-4 country code) • (s) Cook Islands (ISO 3166 code) • CKA - (i) Commonly known as • CKND – (i) Codename: Kids Next Door ==CL==
CL
Cl – (s) ChlorineCL – (s) Chile (ISO 3166 digram) – (i) Co-ordination Line – One Hundred and Fifty (in Roman numerals) • CLA – (i) Clutterers AnonymousCLEC – (i) Competitive Local Exchange Carrier • CLEMARS – (a) California Law Enforcement Mutual Aid Radio System • CLI – (i) Command Line Interface/InterpreterCLIC – (p) Compact LInear ColliderCLO – (i) Cornell Lab of OrnithologyCLOB – (p) Character Large OBjectCLOS – (i) Command to Line-Of-Sight (missile control system) • CLOS – (a) Common Lisp Object SystemCLP – (s) Chilean peso (ISO 4217 currency code) – (i) Common [Operating/Operational] Land Picture • CLPFC – (i) CentroLateral PreFrontal Cortex • CLRP – (a) College Loan Repayment Program ==CM==
CM
Cm – (s) CuriumCM • (s) Cameroon (FIPS 10-4 country code; ISO 3166 digram) • (i) Cruise Missile • (s) Nine Hundred (in Roman numerals) • CMA • (i) U.S. Chemical Materials Agency • Country Music Association (also used to refer to the organization's annual awards) • Crystal Meth AnonymousCMB – (i) Cosmic Microwave BackgroundCMBR – (i) Cosmic Microwave Background RadiationCME – (a) Coronal Mass Ejection (usually Sun) • CMHC – (i) Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation • CMIIAW – (i) Correct me if I am wrong • CMIS • (a) Content Management Interoperability ServicesCommon management information serviceCMJ – (i) Christopher Martin-Jenkins (BBC sports commentator) • CML • (p) Chemical • (i) Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (formerly Chronic Myeloid Leukemia) • CMLL – (i) Consejo Mundial de Lucha Libre (Spanish, "World Wrestling Council"—Mexican professional wrestling promotion) • CMM – (i) Capability Maturity Model • CMMC – (i) Corps Materiel Management Centre • CMML • (i) Chronic MyeloMonocytic LeukemiaContinuous Media Markup LanguageCMO – (i) Civil-Military OperationsCMOC – (i) Civil-Military Operations CentreCMOS • (i) Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society(The) Chicago Manual of StyleComplementary Metal Oxide SemiconductorCMP – (i) Common [Operating/Operational] Maritime Picture • CMP – (i) Canadian Military Pattern truck (World War II) • CMPD • (i) Chronic Myeloproliferative Disease • (i) Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department • (i) Costa Mesa Police DepartmentCMR • (s) Cameroon (ISO 3166 trigram) • (i) Coaxial Main Rotors (helicopter type) • CMS • (i) Centers for Medicare and Medicaid ServicesThe Chicago Manual of StyleCMT – (i) Country Music TelevisionCMU • (i) Carnegie Mellon UniversityCentral Michigan UniversityConcrete Masonry UnitCMW • (i) Marconi's Wireless Telegraph Company of Canada • Canadian Manufacturing Week • Canadian Music Week • Catherine McAuley Westmead (school in New South Wales, Australia) • Chicago, Missouri and Western (Railway) • Compartmented Mode Workstation • Compton's Most Wanted • Continuous Microwave (processing technology) • Custom Maintenance Wizard (Microsoft Office Resource Kit) • CMYK – (i) Cyan Magenta Yellow Key/blacK (color model) ==CN==
CN
CN • (i/s) Canadian National (railway; also the AAR reporting mark for said company) • (s) China (ISO 3166 digram) • Comoros (FIPS 10-4 country code) • CNA • (i) Center for Naval Analyses • Certified Network Administrator • Computer Network Attack • Continental (Casualty Company), National (Fire Insurance Company), and American (Casualty Company), the three companies that merged to form what is now known as CNA FinancialCNBC – (a/i) Consumer News and Business ChannelCND • (i) Campaign for Nuclear DisarmamentComputer Network DefenceCNE • (i) Canadian National ExhibitionComputer Network Exploitation • Certified Network Engineer • CNES – (i) ''Centre national d'études spatiales'' (French, "National Centre for Space Studies") • CNF – (p) Cost and FreightCNI – (i) Communications, Navigation and Identification • CNI – (a) Clinical Nursing Intern • CNN • (i) Cable News Network • Cellular Nonlinear Network • CNO – (i) Computer Network OperationsCNR • (i) Canadian National RailwayCombat Net RadioCNV – (i) Copy-Number Variable (genetics) • CNY – (s) Chinese yuan renminbi (ISO 4217 currency code) ==CO==
CO
• c/o – (i) care of (postal code indicating temporary address change) • co – (s) Corsican language (ISO 639-1 code) • Co – (s) CobaltCo. – Company • CO – many, including Central Office (phone company); see entry – (s) Colorado (postal symbol) – (i) Commanding Officer (military) • COA – (i) Certificate/Concept Of AnalysisCourse Of Action (military) • COB – (i) Close Of Business [day] • COBOL (p) – COmmon Business-Oriented Language • COBRAConsolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1985COCOM – (p) Combatant Command (military) • COD – (i) Cash On Delivery – (s) Democratic Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram) • CoDA – (i) Co-Dependents Anonymouscodec – (p) Coder-Decoder / Compressor-Decompressor / Compression-Decompression algorithm • COE – (i) Cab Over Engine (see truck) – Common Operating Environment (military) • COEA – (i) Cost Operational Effectiveness Analysis (military) • COEIA – (i) Combined Operational Effectiveness and Investment Appraisal (military) • C of I – (i) Certificate of Indebtedness (financial) – (i) The College of IdahoCOFT – (i) Conduct Of Fire Trainer (military) • COG – (i) Centre Of Gravity – Current Operations Group (military) – (s) Republic of the Congo (ISO 3166 trigram) • COGENT – (a) Cognitive Objects within a Graphical EnviroNmenT • COIL – (a) Chemical Oxygen Iodine LaserCOIN – (p) Counter-Insurgency (military) • COK – (s) Cook Islands (ISO 3166 trigram) • COL • (s) Colombia (ISO 3166 trigram) • (i) Cost of LivingCOLA – (a) comp.os.linux.announce – Cost Of Living AdjustmentCOLT – (a) Combat Observation and Lasing Team (military) • COM – (s) Comoros (ISO 3166 trigram) – (a) Component Object ModelCOMECON – (p) Council for Mutual Economic Assistance (economic counterpart of the Warsaw Pact, 1949–1991) • COMLEX-USA – (p/a) Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination of the United States (of America); "COMLEX" typically pronounced as a single word, with "USA" spelled out • COMMZ – (p) Communications Zone (military) • COMSEC – (p) Communications Security (military) • CONAD – (p) U.S. Continental Air Defense CommandCONCACAF – (a) Confederation Of North, Central American and Caribbean Association FootballCONMEBOL – (p) Confederación Sudamericana de Fútbol or Confederação Sul-Americana de Futebol (respectively Spanish and Portuguese for "South American Football Confederation") • CONOPS – (p) Concept of Operations (military) • CONUS – (p) Continental United States • COO – (i) Chief Operating Officer • COP – (s) Colombian peso (ISO 4217 currency code) – (a) Common Operating/Operational PictureCOPD –(i) Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseCOPE – (a) U.K. Committee On Publication EthicsCOPUS – (p) U.K. Committee on the Public Understanding of Sciencecor – (s) Cornish language (ISO 639-2 code) • CORBA – (a) Common Object Request Broker ArchitectureCORD – (i/a) Common Operational Requirements Document • CORE – (a) Consortium for Oceanographic Research and Education • CORG – (i) (U.S.) Combat Operations Research Group • COROT – (p) COnvection, ROtation and planetary Transitscos – (s) Corsican language (ISO 639-2 code) – CosineCOS – (i) Cooper Ornithological SocietyCOSCOM – (p) Corps Support Command (military) • COSER – (p) COoperative SERvice • COSHH – (p) Control Of Substances Hazardous to Health (United Kingdom) • CoSIDA – (p) College Sports Information Directors of America, the original name of the organization now known as College Sports CommunicatorsCoT – (i) Car of Tomorrow (former NASCAR race car design) • COTS – (a) Commercial Off The Shelf • COVID-19 – Coronavirus disease 2019Coy – (s) Company (military unit)Cow ==CP==
CP
CP • (i) Canadian Pacific • Check Point • Command PostClub PenguinCPA – (i) Certified Public Accountant • CPAC • (p) Conservative Political Action ConferenceCable Public Affairs Channel ("see-pack") • CPAP • (i) Center for Public Administration and PolicyCoalition for the Prevention of Alcohol ProblemsConsecutive primes in arithmetic progression • (p) Continuous positive airway pressure ("see-pap") • CPCCertified Professional Coder, a certification from AAPCCPCU – Certified Property Casualty Underwriter • CPD – (i) Capabilities Production Document • CPE • (i) Certificate of Proficiency in EnglishCertified Professional Ergonomist • (i) Clinical Pastoral Education • CPEC – (p) China–Pakistan Economic Corridor ("see-pec") • CPF • (i) Calibration Parameter File • Canadian Patrol FrigateCPG – (a) Clinical Practice GuidelineCPI – (i) CERDEC Command, Power and Integration • CPIM – (a) Certification on Production and Inventory ManagementCPIR – Computationally-Private Information Retrieval • CPON – (i) Certified Pediatric Oncology NurseCPPCC – (i) Chinese People's Political Consultative ConferenceCPR • (i) Canadian Pacific Railway • (i) Cardiopulmonary resuscitationCPSCrown Prosecution Service (UK government agency) • Child Protection Service (Collection of US government agencies) • CPSM – (i) Continuous Phase Shift Modulation • CPSU – (i) Communist Party of the Soviet Union • CPT – (i) Contingency Planning Team • CPU • (i) Central Processing UnitContract Postal UnitCPV – (s) Cape Verde (ISO 3166 trigram) • CPX – (p) Command Post eXercise ==CQ==
CQ
CQ – (i) Carrier QualificationCentral QueenslandCharge of QuartersCongressional QuarterlyConstellation Airlines (IATA airline designator) – Northern Mariana Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code) • CQD – (i) Close Quarters Drill (Morse distress code preceding SOS: CQ "calling all stations", D "Distress"; often incorrectly interpreted as "Come Quick, Distress") ==CR==
CR
cr – (s) Cree language (ISO 639-1 code) • Cr – (s) ChromiumCR • (s) Coral Sea Islands (FIPS 10-4 territory code) • Costa Rica (ISO 3166 digram) • CRAM – (i) Combined Radiometric Correction Model • [C.R.A.P. (acronym) Citizens Raging Against Phones] Group of people on GTA III (PS2)] • CRC • (i) Central RTI ComponentChemical Rubber CompanyChristian Reformed ChurchControl and Reporting CentreCyclic Redundancy Check • (s) Costa Rican colón (ISO 4217 currency code) • Costa Rica (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) • CRD – (i) Capstone Requirements Document • cre – (s) Cree language (ISO 639-2 code) • C.R.E.A.M. –Cash Rules Everything Around Me • CREB – (a) Cyclic AMP-response Element Binding (protein) • CREEP – (a) Committee for the Re-Election of the President, a pejorative nickname used by opponents • CRI • (a) China Radio International • (s) Costa Rica (ISO 3166 trigram) • CRIPL – (i) Consolidated Remain-In-Place List • CRISPR – (a) clustered regularly interspaced short palindromic repeats • CRM – (i) Cardiac Rhythm ManagementCustomer Relationship ManagementCRO – (s) Croatia (IOC and FIFA trigram, but not ISO 3166) – Contract Research OrganizationCRP • (i) Committee for the Re-Election of the President • Control and Reporting Post • CRT • (i) Cardiac Resynchronization TherapyCathode-Ray TubeChinese Remainder TheoremCRTC – (i) Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission • [CWAJGA? (disambiguation) Can't We All Just Get Along?] Used in the 90s & early 2000s to resolve or stop arguments and disagreements between people ==CS==
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cs – (s) Czech language (ISO 639-1 code) • Cs – (s) CaesiumCS • (i) Combat SupportComputer ScientistCounter-Strike • (s) Costa Rica (FIPS 10-4 country code) • Serbia and Montenegro (ISO 3166 digram; obsolete since 2006) • CSA • (i) Canadian Soccer AssociationCanadian Space AgencyCanadian Standards AssociationChief Scientific AdvisorChild Support AgencyCommand Staff AdvisorCommunity-supported agricultureConfederate States of America • Corps Storage Area • (p) Czech Airlines • C/S/A – (i) CINC, Service, and Agency • CSAR – (p) Combat Search and Rescue ("seessar") • CSC • (i) Closed Spacelike Curve (relativity) • College Sports Communicators (U.S. organization for college sports information directors) • Compact system cameraComputer Sciences Corporation (became DXC Technology in 2017) • Computer Security Centre • CSCC - Canadian Society of Clinical Chemists • CSEAL – (i/a) Combat Systems Engineering and Analysis Laboratory ("see-seal") • CSERIAC – (p) (U.S. DoD) Crew Systems Ergonomics Information Analysis CenterCSG – (i) Corps Support GroupCSIsee entryCSICOP – (i) Committee for the Scientific Investigation of Claims of the Paranormal (became the Committee for Skeptical Inquiry in 2006) • CSIP – (i) Commercial Stable Image Platform (AMD) • CSIS • (p) Canadian Security Intelligence Service ("seessiss") • (i) (U.S.) Center for Strategic & International StudiesCSK – (s) Czechoslovakia (ISO 3166 trigram; obsolete since 1993) • CSL – (i) U.K. Central Science LaboratoryCSMsee entryC-SPAN – (i) Cable-Satellite Public Affairs NetworkCSPI – (i) Center for Science in the Public InterestCSR – (i) Control Supply Rate • CSR – (i) Corporate Social Responsibility • CSRC – (i) Conflict Studies Research CentreCSRF – (i) Cross-Site Request ForgeryCSS • (i) Cascading Style SheetsCatalina Sky SurveyCentral Security ServiceCombat Service SupportConfederate States ShipContent Scramble SystemCross-site scriptingCSSCS – (i) Combat Service Support Control SystemCST – (i) Central Standard Time (UTC−6 hours) • CSUN – (p) California State University, Northridge (pronounced "C-sun") ==CT==
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