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This list contains
acronyms ,
initialisms , and pseudo-blends that begin with the letter C .
For the purposes of this list:
acronym = an
abbreviation pronounced as if it were a word, e.g., SARS =
severe acute respiratory syndrome , pronounced to rhyme with cars
initialism = an abbreviation pronounced wholly or partly using the names of its constituent letters, e.g., CD =
compact disc , pronounced cee dee
pseudo-blend = an abbreviation whose extra or omitted letters mean that it cannot stand as a true acronym, initialism, or
portmanteau (a word formed by combining two or more words).
(a) = acronym, e.g.: SARS – (a) severe acute respiratory syndrome
(i) = initialism, e.g.: CD – (i) compact disc
(p) = pseudo-blend, e.g.: UNIFEM – (p)
United Nations Development Fund for Women
(s) = symbol (none of the above, representing and pronounced as something else; for example: MHz –
megahertz )
Some terms are spoken as either acronym or initialism, e.g.,
VoIP , pronounced both as voyp and V-O-I-P .
(Main list of acronyms)
C0–9
C2 or C2 – (i)
Command and Control
c2c – (s) the British rail company formerly known as LTS Rail
C2C
C2D or C2 D – (i) Intel
Core 2 Duo
C2IEDM or C2 IEDM – (i) Command and Control Information Exchange Data Model
C2IS or C2 IS – (i) Command and Control Information System
C2PC or C2 PC – (i) Command and Control Personal Computer
C2V or C2 V – (i) Command and Control Vehicle
C2W or C2 W – (i) Command and Control Warfare
C3 or C3
C3I or C3 I – (i)
Command, Control, Communications, and Intelligence
C4 or C4 – (i)
Command, Control, Communications, and Computers
C4I or C4 I – (i) Command, Control, Communications, Computers, and Intelligence
C4ISR or C4 ISR – (i)
Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance
CA
ca – (s)
Catalan language (ISO 639-1 code)
Ca – (s)
Calcium
CA
CAA
CAAT
CABB (p/i) –
C onfederación A rgentina de B ásquetb ol (
Spanish , "Argentine Basketball Confederation")
CAC
CACM
CAD
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
CAEn – (i/a)
Close Action Engagement (constructive simulation)
CAF
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 Instruction
CAIR – (i)
Council on American-Islamic Relations
Calabarzon – (p) A region in the
Philippines :
CAvite ,
LAguna ,
BAtangas ,
Rizal ,
queZON
CALL – (a) (U.S.)
Center for Army Lessons Learned
CALM – (p) Communications, Air-interface, Long and Medium range
CalPERS – (p) Cal ifornia P ublic E mployees' R etirement S ystem
CalSTRS – (p) Cal ifornia S tate T eachers' R etirement S ystem
Caltrans – (p)
Cal ifornia Department of Trans portation
CAM
CAMRA – (p) CAMpaign for Real Ale
CAN – (s)
Canada (ISO 3166 trigram)
CANA – (a)
Convulsive Antidote, Nerve Agent
CANDU – (p) CANada Deuterium Uranium (nuclear reactor design)
Canola – (p) Can adian o il, l ow a cid (referring to a specific
cultivar of
rapeseed bred to have a low
erucic acid content)
CAP
CAPES
(p) CAPability Evaluation System
(a) Combined Arms Planning and Execution System
CAQ – (i)
Coalition Avenir Québec (French, "Coalition for Québec's Future"; political party in that Canadian province)
CARB (i) –
California Air Resources Board
CARE
CARMONETTE – (p) Computerized Monte Carlo Simulation
CARP – (a) Computed Air Release Point
CART – (a)
Championship Auto Racing Teams (now defunct)
CAS
CASA –(a) Civil Aviation Safety Authority
CASE
CASS – (a) Command Activated Sonobuoy System
CASTFOREM – (p) C ombined A rms and S upport T ask For ce E valuation M odel
CASTOR – (a) Canadian Automatic Small Telescopes for Orbital Research
cat – (s)
Catalan language (ISO 639-2 code)
CAT
CATK – (p) Counterattack
CATS – (a)
Computer Active Technology Suspension
CATT – (a/i)
Combined Arms Tactical Trainer
CAV – (p) Cavalry
CAVE -
Citizens Against Virtually Everything
CAVOK – (p)
Ceiling And Visibility OK ("Kav-okay")
CAW – (i)
Canadian Auto Workers (trade union)
CB
CB
CBASSE – (a) Commission on Behavioral And Social Sciences and Education ("sea bass")
CBC
CBE
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 analysis
CBN –
CardsApp Brand Number
CBM – many, including
Canadian Baptist Ministries and
Commodore Business Machines ; see entry
CBML – (i) Coalition Battle Management Language
CBOL – (i)
Consortium for the Barcode of Life
CBOT – (i)
Chicago Board of Trade
CBP – (i)
(U.S.) Customs and Border Protection
CBR – (i)
Case-Based Reasoning
CBRE
CBRN – (i) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, or Nuclear (weapon or event)
CBRNE – (i) Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear or [high-yield] Explosive (weapon or event)
CBS
CBT
CBUS – (i)
Columbus, Ohio
CC
CD
CE
ce – (s)
Chechen language (ISO 639-1 code)
Ce – (s)
Cerium
CE – many, including Christian/Common Era (cf.
AD ); see entry
CEA – (i) Campaign Effectiveness Analysis
CECOM – (p) U.S. Army
Communications and Electronics Command
CEDEX – (p) C ourrier d'e ntreprise à d istribution ex ceptionnelle (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 Institute
CENTCOM – (p)
United States Central Command
CENTO – (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 Probable
CEPT – (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 Center
CERGA – (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 Team
ces – (s)
Czech language (ISO 639-2 code)
CESS – (i)
Centre for Earth Science Studies (India)
CEV
CEWC – (a/i)
Council for Education in World Citizenship
CF
CG
CH
CI
CJ
CK
CL
CM
CN
CO
CP
CQ
CR
CS
CT
CU
CV
CW
CX
CY
CZ
See also