Prolegomena, fundamentals of knowledge and culture, propaedeutics.
| Acronym | Sense | Language | Topics |
|---|---|---|---|
| CDC | Computer Development Center | In English | → Research institutes → Computer hardware |
| CDC | Control Data Corporation | In English | → Organizations and associations → Computer hardware |
| CDC | Connected Device Configuration | In English | → Software → Computer hardware |
| CDD | Common Data Dictionary | In English | → Data |
| CDD | Contrat à Durée Déterminée | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CDDIS | Crustal Dynamics Data Information System (http://https://cddis.nasa.gov/) | In English | → Software → Data → Astronautics → Geodesy, cartography |
| CDDP | Centre Départemental de Documentation Pédagogique | In French | → Documentation → Education |
| CDE | Collaborative Development Environment | In English | → Software |
| CDELI | Centre de Documentation et d'Étude sur la Langue Internationale = CDELI | Centro de Dokumentado kaj Esplorado pri la Lingvo Internacia | In Esperanto |
In French | → Documentation → Artificial languages (linguistics) |
| CDF | Central Data Facility | In English | → Data |
| CDF | Combined Data File | In English | → Files → Data |
| CDF | Compound Document Format | In English | → Data |
| CDI | Contrat à Durée Indéterminée | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CDI | Centre de Documentation et d'Information | In French | → Documentation → Education |
| CDI | Collectif des Doctorants de l'ISN | In French | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Higher education, universities |
| CDJC | Centre de Documentation Juive Contemporaine | In French | → Documentation → Judaism |
| CDLC | Connected Limited Device Configuration | In English | → Software |
| CDLI | Cuneiform Digital Library Initiative | In English | → Writing systems → Libraries → Language, linguistics, literature |
| CDNR | CDR Discrepancy Notice Record | In English | → Records management |
| CDO | Collaboration Data Objects | In English | → Software |
| CDOEX | Collaboration Data Objects for EXchange | In English | → Software |
| CDONTS | Collaboration Data Objects for Windows NT Server | In English | → Software |
| CDOSYS | Collaboration Data Objects for Windows 2000 | In English | → Software |
| CDOWF | Collaboration Data Objects for WorkFlow | In English | → Software |
| CDP | Command Data Processor | In English | → Data |
| CDP | Computational Data Processing | In English | → Data processing |
| CDP | Computer Data Processing | In English | → Data processing |
| CDP | Cisco Discovery Protocol | In English | → Networks, communication |
| CDPD | Cellular Digital Packet Data | In English | → Data → Telecommunications |
| CDPIS | Command Data Processing and Instrumentation System | In English | → Data processing → Electronics |
| CDRS | Comité de Dialogue de la Fesponsabilité Sociale | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CDS | Command and Data Subsystem | In English | → Computer hardware → Data processing |
| CDS | Computer Design and Simulation | In English | → Computer-based techniques |
| CDSL | Computer Data System Laboratory | In English | → Research institutes → Data |
| CDT | Configuration Data Table | In English | → Data |
| CDTD | CAD Drafting & Tool Design Technology | In English | → Computer-based techniques |
| CDU | Computer Display Unit | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Computer hardware |
| CDU | Coupling Data Unit | In English | → Data |
| CDU | Coupling Display Unit | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CDU | CRT Display Unit | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CDU | Centre de Documentation de l'Urbanisme (www.cdu.urbanisme.equipement.gouv.fr) | In French | → Documentation → Regional planning → Architecture → France |
| CDUO | Coupling Display Unit Optics | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CDW | Command Data Word | In English | → Data |
| CDW | Computer Data Word | In English | → Computer science |
| CE | Comité Exécutif | In French | → Management |
| CEA | Computer Engineering Associates | In English | → Computer science |
| CEB | Comité Électrotechnique Belge = BEC | Belgisch Elektrotechnisch Comité | In Dutch |
In English | → Standardization → Electrical engineering → Belgium |
| CECILE | Collecte Et Calcul des Indemnités Liées à l'Évolution des prix | In French | → Personnel management |
| CED | Centre for Education & Documentation | In English | → Documentation → Education |
| CEDAR | Center of Excellence for Document Analysis and Recognition | In English | → Research institutes → Documentation |
| CEDEP | Centro Brasileiro de Documentação e Estudos da Bacia do Rio da Prata (www.cedep.ifch.ufrgs.br) | In Portuguese | → Documentation → Brazil |
| CEDIA | Consorcio Ecuatoriano para el Desarrollo de Internet Avanzado | In Spanish | → Internet → Organizations and associations → Telecommunications |
| CEDOCAR | Centre de Documentation de l'Armement (www.cedocar.defense.gouv.fr) | In French | → Documentation → Military affairs |
| CEDRE | Centre de Documentation, de Recherche et d'Expérimentations sur les pollutions accidentelles des eaux | In French | → Research institutes → Documentation → Environmental protection → Threats to the environment → Hydrology |
| CEE | Computers and Electrical Engineering | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Computer science → Electrical engineering |
| CEEMAN | Central and Eastern European Management Development Associations | In English | → Associations → Management |
| CEESI | Centre d'Études et d'Expérimentation des Systèmes d'Information | In French | → Computer science |
| CEFISEM | Centre d'Études, de Formation et d'Information pour la Scolarisation des Enfants de Migrants | In French | → Organizations and associations → Documentation → Education |
| CEFRIO | Centre Francophone d'Informatisation des Organisations | In French | → Organizations and associations → Computer science |
| CEG | Calligraphy Education Group | In English | → Writing systems → Education → Language, linguistics, literature |
| CEG | Cognitive Ergonomics Group | In English | → Organizations and associations → Human-computer interaction |
| CEGETI | Centre Électronique de Gestion, d'Études et de Traitement de l'Information | In French | → Document processing → Libraries |
| CeGIBAT | Centre d'information de Gaz de France pour l'Industrie et le Bâtiment | In French | → Documentation → Energy economics → Industry, industrial policy → Construction → France |
| CEIC | Centre d'Expertise pour l'Insertion des Cadres | In French | → Labour, labour economics → Management |
| CEIT | Crew Equipment Interface Test | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CEL | Contrôle Economique en Ligne | In French | → Computer science → Economics |
| CEMS | Community of European Management Schools | In English | → Organizations and associations → Specialized or polytechnical colleges → Management |
| CEN | Comité Européen de Normalisation | In French | → Standardization |
| CENELEC | Comité Européen de Normalisation Électrotechnique (www.cenelec.eu) | In French | → Standardization → Electrical engineering → Europe |
| CENIDET | Centro Nacional de Investigación y Desarrollo Tecnológico (www.cenidet.edu.mx) | In Spanish | → Research institutes → Research policy → Engineering, technology → Mexico |
| CENTAL | Centre de traitement automatique du langage | In French | → Computer-based techniques → Language, linguistics, literature |
| CENTIC | Centro de Tecnologías de Información y Comunicación (www.centic.es) | In Spanish | → Computer science → Telecommunications → Spain |
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer | In English | → Management |
| CEP | Calcolatrice Elettronica Pisana | In Italian | → Computer science → Electronics |
| CEPCIECC | Comisión Ejecutiva Permanente del Consejo Interamericano para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura | In Spanish | → International relations → Education → Mathematics and natural sciences → Civilization, culture, progress |
| CERC3 | Chairmen of the European Research Councils' Chemistry Committees | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Chemistry |
| CEREG | CEntre de REcherches sur la Gestion (www.dauphine.fr/cereg/) | In French | → Management |
| CERFACS | Centre de Recherche et de Formation avancée en Calcul Scientifique | In French | → Computer science → Mathematics |
| CERHIC | Centre d'Études et de Recherche en Histoire Culturelle | In French | → Research institutes → History → Civilization, culture, progress |
| CERIF | Common European Research Information Format | In English | → Research policy → Knowledge management |
| CERMICS | Centre d'Enseignement et de Recherche en Mathématiques, Informatique et Calcul Scientifique | In French | → Computer science → Higher education, universities → Mathematics |
| CERP | Comité Européen de Réglementation Postale | In French | → Organizations and associations → Standardization → Postal services → Europe |
| CERTH | Centre for Research and Technology Hellas | In English | → Research policy → Engineering, technology |
| CERV | Centre Européen de Réalité Virtuelle | In French | → Image processing |
| CES | Consumer Electronics Show (www.cesweb.org) | In English | → Computer science → Electronics |
| CES | Centreon Enterprise Server | In English | → Software |
| CESA | Canadian Engineering Standards Association | In English | → Associations → Standardization → Engineering, technology → Canada |
| CESIA | Centre d'Études des Systèmes d'Information des Administrations | In French | → Computer science → Public administration, government → Telecommunications |
| CESTEL | Centro Español de Servicios Telemáticos (www.cestel.es) | In Spanish | → Computer science → Telecommunications → Spain |
| CET | Compte Épargne Temps | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CETELIC | Centre de Traitement Électronique Intercaisses | In French | → Computer-based techniques → Telecommunications |
| CETIC | Centre d’Excellence en Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (www.cetic.be) | In French | → Computer science → Telecommunications |
| CETIMA | Centre de Traitement de l’Information Médicale des Armées | In French | → Data processing → Medicine → Military affairs |
| CETMA | Centre d'Études sur le Management | In French | → Management |
| CEVA | Content-Enabled Vertical Application | In English | → Software → Document processing |
| CF | Computers and Fluids | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Computer science → Fluid mechanics |
| CFA | Congé de Fin d'Activité | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CFAO | Conception et Fabrication Assistées par Ordinateur | In French | → Computer-based techniques → Engineering, technology |
| CFE-CGC | Confédération Française de l'Encadrement - Confédération Générale des Cadres (www.cfecgc.org) | In French | → Organizations and associations → Management → Labour, labour economics → France |
| CFG | Context Free Grammar | In English | → Data → Document processing |
| CFM | Certified Facility Manager | In English | → Management |
| CFML | ColdFusion Markup Language | In English | → Programming languages |
| CFMN | Client For Microsoft Networks | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| CFMS | Compaq Fraud Management System | In English | → Software |
| CFO | Chief Financial Officer | In English | → Management → Finance |
| CFS | Climate Forecast System | In English | → Computer simulation → Meteorology, climatology |
| CFT | Cross File Transfer | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| CFU | Comité Français UNIMARC | In French | → Organizations and associations → Documentation → Libraries → France |
| CG | Computers and Geosciences | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Computer science → Earth sciences |
| CGA | Color Graphics Adapter | In English | → Computer hardware |
| CGA | Casual Games Association (www.casualgamesassociation.org) | In English | → Associations → Software → Entertainment |
| CGC | Command Guidance Computer | In English | → Computer hardware |
| CGE | Compagnie de Guerre Électronique | In French | → Military affairs → Computer science |
| CGEY | Cap Gemini Ernst & Young | In English | → Computer science |
| CGH | Computergeneriertes Hologramm | In German | → Graphical processing → Optics |
| CGI | Common Gateway Interface | In English | → Software → Networks, communication |
| CGI | Computer Generated Imagery | In English | → Image processing |
| CGIAR | Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research | In English | → Organizations and associations → Research policy → Agricultural sciences |
| CGIH | Comité de Gestion de l'Informatique Hospitalière | In French | → Computer science → Medicine |
| CGIP | Computer Graphics Image Processing | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Computer science |
| CGM | Computer Graphics Metafile | In English | → Files → Graphical processing → Image processing |
| CGMP | Cisco Group Management Protocol | In English | → Networks, communication |
| CGPM | Conférence Générale des Poids et Mesures | In French | → Standardization |
| CGRA | Commission de Gestion de la Recherche et de ses Applications | In French | → Research policy |
| CGS | Cap Gemini Sogeti | In French | → Computer science |
| CGS | Contrôle de Gestion Stratégique | In English | → Accounting → Management |
| CGTI | Conseil Général des Technologies de l'Information | In French | → Computer science → Telecommunications |
| CHAP | Challenge-Handshake Authentification Protocol | In English | → Networks, communication |
| CHARMS | Canadian Hemophilia Assessment and Resource Management Information System | In English | → Knowledge management → Blood and circulatory system → Pathology → Canada |
| CHES | Cryptographic Hardware and Embedded Systems | In English | → Computer hardware → Electronics |
| CHI | Computer-to-Human Interface | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CHI | Computer-Human Interaction = MDI | Människa-datorinteraktion | In Swedish = MMI | Man-Machine Interaction | In English = IHM | Interface Homme-Machine | In French |
In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CHIP | Children's Hospital Informatics Program | In English | → Software → Pediatry |
| CHIR | Chirurgie, Informatique et Robotique | In French | → Computer science → Surgery, orthopaedics, ophthalmology → Mechanical engineering → Electronics |
| CHL | Certified Hardware List | In English | → Software |
| CHMAC | Coopération Homme-Machine pour l'Assistance à la conduite | In French | → Human-computer interaction → Vehicle engineering → Transport and postal services |
| CHP | Cadre à Haut Potentiel | In French | → Personnel management → Labour, labour economics |
| CHTML | Compact HyperText Markup Language | In English | → Programming languages → Telecommunications |
| CI | Common Interface | In English | → Computer science |
| CIA | Control Interface Assembly | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CIA | Controller Interface Assembly | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CIB | Control Interface Block | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CIC | Command Interface Control | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CIC | Counselling and Information Center | In English | → Documentation |
| CIC | Centre International de Calcul (www.unicc.org) = CICE | Centro Internacional de Cálculos Electrónicos | In Spanish = ICC | International Computing Centre | In English = CIC | Centro Internacional de Computação | In Portuguese |
In French | → Computer science → United Nations |
| CIC | Centro Internacional de Computação (www.unicc.org) = CICE, ICC (look above) |
In Portuguese | → United Nations → Computer science |
| CICE | Centro Internacional de Cálculos Electrónicos (www.unicc.org) = CIC, ICC (look above) |
In Spanish | → Computer science → United Nations |
| CICESE | Centro de Investigación Científica y de Educación Superior de Ensenada (www.cicese.mx) | In Spanish | → Research institutes → Research policy → Higher education, universities → Mexico |
| CICU | Computer Interface Conditioning Unit | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CID | Computer Interface Device | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CID | Centre d'Information et de Documentation | In French | → Documentation |
| CIDA | Collecte, Interprétation, Décision, Action | In French | → Management |
| CIDA | Centre International de Documentation Antiguerrière | In French | → Political parties and movements → Documentation |
| CIDB | Centre d'Information et de Documentation sur le Bruit | In French | → Documentation |
| CIDEC | Centro Interdisciplinario de Estudios Culturales | In Spanish | → Research institutes → Civilization, culture, progress |
| CIDEM | Conception Intégrant la Disponibilité, le retour d'Expérience et la Maintenance | In French | → Maintenance and logistics |
| CIDJ | Centre d'Information et de Documentation pour la Jeunesse | In French | → Documentation |
| CIDR | Classless Inter-Domain Routing | In English | → Internet |
| CIDST | Comité de l’Information Scientifique et Technique des Communautés Européennes | In French | → Organizations and associations → Documentation → European Union |
| CIDT | Centre de Développement des Technologies de l'Information | In French | → Computer science → Telecommunications |
| CIDUS | Centre d'Information et de Documentation Universitaire et Scientifique | In French | → Documentation → Higher education, universities → Mathematics and natural sciences |
| CIDX | Chemical Industry Data eXchange | In English | → Data → Chemical technology |
| CIE | Communications Interface Equipment | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Telecommunications |
| CIECC | Consejo Interamericano para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura | In Spanish | → International relations → Education → Mathematics and natural sciences → Civilization, culture, progress |
| CIF | Cost, Insurance, Freight | In English | → Prices → Maintenance and logistics |
| CIFRE | Convention Industrielle de Formation par la Recherche | In French | → Research policy → Education |
| CIFS | Common Internet File System | In English | → Internet → Files |
| CIG | Communications and Interface Group | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Telecommunications |
| CIGOS | Canadian Interest Group on Open Systems | In English | → Organizations and associations → Software → Canada |
| CIGREF | Club Informatique des Grandes Entreprises Françaises (www.cigref.fr) | In French | → Computer science → Organizations and associations → France |
| CIIBA | Comité Interministériel de l'Informatique et de la Bureautique dans l'Administration | In French | → Computer science → Central administration |
| CIKM | Conference on Information and Knowledge Management | In English | → Congresses → Knowledge management |
| CIL | Concours Informatique Luxembourgeois | In French | → Computer science → Luxembourg |
| CIL | Core Image Library | In English | → Software |
| CILOMAG | CIrcuits LOgiques MAgnétiques | In French | → Computer hardware → Electronics |
| CILUS | Core Image Library Update and Save | In English | → Software |
| CIM | Computer Input Multiplexer | In English | → Computer science |
| CIM | Computer-Integrated Manufacturing | In English | → Computer hardware → Electronics |
| CIM | Common Information Model | In English | → Networks, communication |
| CIMLS | Cercle Informatique Médicale entre Lesse et Semois | In French | → Organizations and associations → Computer science → Medicine |
| CIMSA | Compagnie d'Informatique Militaire, Spatiale et Aéronautique | In French | → Computer science → Military engineering → Astronautics → Aeronautics, aircraft |
| CINES | Centre Informatique National de l'Enseignement Supérieur (www.cines.fr) | In French | → Computer science → Education → France |
| CIO | Centre d'Information et d'Orientation | In French | → Documentation → Education → Labour, labour economics |
| CIO | Chief Information Officer | In English | → Knowledge management |
| CIP | Communications Interface Processor | In English | → Human-computer interaction → Telecommunications |
| CIP | Control and Interface Panel | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CIP | Centre d'Information du Public | In French | → Documentation |
| CIPM | Comité International des Poids et Mesures = CIPM | Comitê International des Pesos e Medidas | In Portuguese |
In French | → Standardization |
| CIPM | Comitê International des Pesos e Medidas = (look above) |
In Portuguese | → Standardization |
| CIPSG | Canadian Information Processing Society Graphics Interface | In English | → Serial publications, periodicals → Computer science → Canada |
| CIR | Crédit d'Impôt Recherche | In French | → Taxes, duties → Research policy |
| CIRIT | Comissió Interdepartemental de Recreca i Innovació Tecnològica | In Spanish | → Public administration, government → Research policy |
| CIRST | Comité Interministériel de la Recherche Scientifique et Technique | In French | → Central administration → Research policy |
| CIS | Communication Interface System | In English | → Human-computer interaction |
| CIS | Centre d'Information sur la Surdité | In French | → Documentation → Pathology |
| CIS | Centrum für Informations- und Sprachverarbeitung (www.cis.uni-muenchen.de) | In German | → Research institutes → Computer-based techniques → Linguistics → Germany |
| CISC | Complex Instruction Set Computer | In English | → Computer hardware |
| CISI | Comité Interministériel pour la Société de l'Information | In French | → Central administration → Computer science → Telecommunications |
| CISI | Compagnie Internationale de Services en Informatique | In French | → Computer science |
| CISI | Compagnie Internationale des Services Informatiques | In French | → Computer science |