Abbreviations in Germanic languages

Associations

COAMPS

Coupled Ocean/Atmospheric Mesoscale Prediction System

COAPS

Compatible One Application and Platform Service

COAR

City of Orange Amateur Radio

COARE

Coupled Ocean–Atmospheric Response Experiment (www.ncdc.noaa.gov/oa/coare/)

COAS

Crewman Optical Alignment Sight

Astronautics

COAST

Competence Network for Advanced Speech Technologies

Communications Office Building

Chip On Board

Electronics

Children Of Bodom

Music

Church of the Brethren

Protestant churches

Command Operating Budget

COBD

Cooperative Linux Block Devices

COBE

Cosmic Background Explorer

COBIT

Control OBjectives for Information and related Technology

Computer science

COBOL

Common Business-Oriented Language

Programming languages

COBOL

COmmon Business Oriented Language

Programming languages

COBRA

Consolidated Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act

COC

Certificate Of Completion

COC

Chip On Chip

Electronics

COC

Committee on Curricula

COCA

Commission on Osteopathic College Accreditation

COCO

CCSR Ocean Component Model

COCO

Contractor Owned-Contractor Operated

Contract law

COCOMO

Constructive Cost Model

Prices

COD

Center Operations Directorate

COD

Crack Opening Displacement

CODEMA

City of Dublin Energy Management Agency

CODESRIA

Council for the Development of Social Science Research in Africa (www.codesria.org)

CODESRIA is equivalent to CODESRIA (Conseil pour le Développement de la Recherche en Sciences Sociales en Afrique) in French.

COF

Construction Of Facilities

COF

Cost Of Facilities

Prices

COF

Chip On Flex

Electronics

COFAC

Construction Facility

Secular architecture

COFDM

Coded Orthogonal Frequency-Division Multiplexing

COFI

Checkout and Fault Isolation

The abbreviation COFI (Checkout and Fault Isolation) includes the abbreviation FI (Fault Isolation).

Quality management

COFR

Certificate Of Flight Readiness

COFR

Certification Of Flight Readiness

COFW

Certificate Of Flight Worthiness

COGMAN

Center Of Gravity of payload Manifest

Astronautics

Cost Of Goods Sold

Conflict Of Interest

Chemical Oxygen-Iodine Laser

COIM

Checkout Interpreter Module

COIN

Collaboration and Interoperability for Networked enterprises

COINS

Combat On-line Illegal Numismatic Sales

COIR

Clinical Oral Implants Research

COJS

Centre of Jaina Studies

Checkout Language

Comparative Literature

Literature

COLA

Cost-Of-Living Adjustment

Prices

COLA

Center for Ocean-Land-Atmosphere Studies

COLD

Chronic Obstructive Airway Disease

COLD is equivalent to COAD, BPCO, COPD, MPOC, EPOC, DPOC and KOAH (see above).

Respiratory diseases

COLD/ERM

Computer Output to Laser Disk/Enterprise Report Management

COM

Computer Output Microfiche

Computer science

COM

Computer Output Microfilm

Data

COMA

Cache-Only Memory Architecture

Memories

COMAS

Combined Orbital Maneuvering and Abort System

COMECON

Council of Mutual Economic Assistance

COMECON is equivalent to СЭВ (Совет экономической взаимопомощи) in Russian, CAEM (Conseil d'Assistance Économique Mutuelle) in French, СИВ (Съвет за икономическа взаимопомощ) in Bulgarian, CAEM (Consell d'Assistència Econòmica Mútua) in Catalan, KREH (Konsilio de Reciproka Ekonomia Helpo) in Esperanto, RGW (Rat für gegenseitige Wirtschaftshilfe) in German, CAME (Consejo de Ayuda Mutua Económica) in Spanish, KGST (Kölcsönös Gazdasági Segítség Tanácsa) in Hungarian, SEV (Sovet Ekonomitšeskoi Vzaimopomoštši) in Russian, KNER (Këshilli i Ndihmës Ekonomike Reciproke) in Albanian, RVHP (Rada vzájemné hospodářské pomoci) in Czech, RWPG (Rada Wzajemnej Pomocy Gospodarczej) in Polish, CAER (Consiliul de Ajutor Economic Reciproc) in Romanian, RVHP (Rada vzájomnej hospodárskej pomoci) in Slovak, HĐTTKT (Hội đồng Tương trợ kinh tế) in Vietnamese, РЕВ (Рада Економічної Взаємодопомоги) in Ukrainian, and CAME (Consello de Axuda Mutua Económica) in Galician.

COMESA

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (www.comesa.int)

COMET

Competence Centers for Excellent Technologies

COMETT

Community Action Programme for Education and Training in Technology

COMPAS

Centre on Migration, Policy and Society

COMPASS-K

Comprehensive Ocean Modeling, Prediction, Analysis and Synthesis System in the Kuroshio region

Marine research, oceanography

COMPSIM

Concept Mission Performance Simulation

COMRA

China Ocean Minerals Research and Development Association

COMS

Connection Oriented Message Service

Telecommunications

COMSAT

Communications Satellite

COMTR

COMSAT Technical Review

CONAP

Confederation of Amazonian Nationalities of Peru

CONAP is equivalent to CONAP (Confederación de Nacionalidades Amazónicas del Perú) in Spanish, CONAP (Confédération des Nationalités Amazoniennes du Pérou) in French, and CONAP (Confederação das Nações Amazônicas do Peru) in Portuguese.

CONPIROM

Confederaţia Patronală din Industria Română

CONQUEST

Conference on Quality Engineering in Software Technology

CONUS

Continental United States

CONVINCE

Consortium of North American Veterinary Interactive New Concept Education

COO

Commissie voor Openbare Onderstand

In Dutch

COO

Chief Operating Officer

Direction

COOP

Continuity Of Operations Plan

Project management

Central Operations Program

Co-Orbiting Platform

Astronautics

Coefficients Of Performance

Combined Operations Plan

Project management

Contingency Operations Plan

Project management

Conference of the Parties

COPCOV

Chloroquine Prevention of Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) in the Healthcare Setting

COPD

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease

COPD is equivalent to COAD, BPCO, MPOC, COLD, EPOC, DPOC and KOAH (see above).

Respiratory diseases

COPM

Canadian Occupational Performance Measure

COPM

Committee on Petroleum Measurement

COPS

Common Open Policy Service

Internet

COQ

Certificate Of Qualification

Education

COR

Contracting Officer Representative

The abbreviation COR (Contracting Officer Representative) includes the abbreviation CO (Contracting Officer).

CORA

Coherent Optical Radar Amplifier

CORBA

Common Object Request Broker Architecture

Networks, communication

CORC

Corcoran College of Art and Design

CORDIC

COordinate Rotation DIgital Computer

CORDIS

Community Research and Development Information Service

CORE

Common Operational Research Equipment

Research policy

CORE

Common Ocean-ice Reference Experiments

Marine research, oceanography

COREMED

Cooperative Centre for Regenerative Medicine

COREO

Consortium of Regional Ecological Observatories

CORESE

Conceptual Resource Search Engine

CORINNA

Cooperation of Regions for Innovation

CORMOSEA

Committee on Research Materials on Southeast Asia

CORP

Competence Center of Urban and Regional Planning

CORSA

Cosmic Radiation Satellite

Carry-On Oxygen System

Fluids handling

Checkout Station

COS is equivalent to CS (Checkout Station) in English.

Console Operating System

The abbreviation COS (Console Operating System) includes the abbreviation OS (Operating System).

Cray Operating System

The abbreviation COS (Cray Operating System) includes the abbreviation OS (Operating System).

Operating systems

COSATI

Committee On Scientific And Technical Information

COSI

Closeout System Installation

COSIM

Climate, Ocean and Sea Ice Modeling Project (http://climate.lanl.gov)

COSIS

Care Of Supplies In Storage

Physical resources management

COSM

Checkout Servicing and Maintenance

COSMIC

COmputer Software Management and Information Center

The COmputer Software Management and Information Center (COSMIC) is a special NASA service that offers computer programs capable of being adapted to secondary usage while developed for the space program or for other technology generating agencies. Located at the University of Georgia, the COSMIC’s library contains programs for such purposes as structural analysis, artificial intelligence, computational fluid dynamics, thermal analysis, image processing, or project management.

The abbreviation COSMIC (COmputer Software Management and Information Center) includes the abbreviation IC (Information Center).

COSMOS

COmputer System for Main frame OperationS

COSPAC

Cost/Schedule Planning And Control

COSPAR

Committee on Space Research

COSQC

Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control

The abbreviation COSQC (Central Organization for Standardization and Quality Control) includes the abbreviation QC (Quality Control).

COST

Co-operation in the field of Scientific and Technical Research

COSTAR

Corrective Optics Space Telescope Axial Replacement

COT

Critical Optical Technology

COTANCE

Confederation of National Associations of Tanners and Dressers of the European Community

COTED

Council on Trade and Development

COTR

Contracting Officer's Technical Representative

The abbreviation COTR (Contracting Officer's Technical Representative) includes the abbreviation CO (Contracting Officer).

COTS

Commercial Off The Shelf

COTSEAL

Council of Teachers of Southeast Asian Languages

Cutoff Value

Centrum Ontmoeting der Volkeren

In Dutch

COV

Christelijke Ontspannings Vereniging

In Dutch

COVID-19

Coronavirus Disease 2019

Chronische Polyarthritis

In German

616.7

Candlepower

The abbreviation CP (Candlepower) is included in the abbreviation SCP (Specific Candlepower).

Computer Program

The abbreviation CP (Computer Program) is included in abbreviations such as CPM (Computer Program Module), SVICP (Shock Vibration Information Center - Shock Vibration Computer Program), RTCPS (Real-Time Computer Program System), RICP (Real-Time Interactive Computer Program), RFCP (Request For Computer Program), PPCP (Postprocessing Computer Program), OCCP (Orbit Command Computer Program), OBCP (On-Board Computer Program), MCP (Master Computer Program), IOCP (ITS On-Board Computer Program), GPSCP (Global Positioning System Computer Program), CPT (Computer Program Tape), FSCP (Flight Support Computer Program), CPPS (Computer Program Product Specification), AOCP (AVCS On-Board Computer Program), CPIC (Computer Program Integration Contract), CPEI (Computer Program End Item), CPDS (Computer Program Development Specification), CPDS (Computer Program Detailed Specification), CPDS (Computer Program Design Specification), CPDP (Computer Program Development Plan), CPDDS (Computer Program Detail Design Specification), CPCR (Computer Program Change Request), CPCI (Computer Program Configuration Item), CPCI (Computer Program Change Instruction), CPCEI (Computer Program Contract End Item) and CPC (Computer Program Component).

Computer programs

Console Processor

Control Panel

The abbreviation CP (Control Panel) is included in abbreviations such as IMCP (Integrated Monitor and Control Panel), ECCP (Experiment Configuration Control Panel), VAACP (Visible Acquisition Aid Control Panel), TSCP (Training Simulator Control Panel), TRCP (Tape Recorder Control Panel), SCSCP (SCS Control Panel), RCCP (Recorder and Communications Control Panel), PCP (Power Control Panel), MCP (Monitoring and Control Panel), MCP (Main Control Panel), ACP (Astronaut Control Panel), ICP (Interface Control Panel), ICP (Indicator Control Panel), FSCP (Fire Sensor Control Panel), CCP (Configuration Control Panel), CCP (Computer Control Panel), CCP (Change Control Panel), ASCP (Attitude Set Control Panel), ASCP (Attitude Set/Control Panel) and ACP (Audio Control Panel).

Control Point

The abbreviation CP (Control Point) is included in abbreviations such as BCP (Benchmark Control Point), CCP (Configuration Control Point), ICP (Inventory Control Point) and NICP (National Inventory Control Point).

Quality management

Coordinated Procurement

Sale

Center of Pressure

Checkpoint

Quality management

Communication Processor

Centrumpartij

Constraint Programming

Programming languages

Change Proposal

The abbreviation CP (Change Proposal) is included in abbreviations such as PCP (Project Change Proposal), EDCP (Engineering Design Change Proposal), TCP (Task Change Proposal), RFTCP (Request For Test Change Proposal), RFECP (Request For Engineering Change Proposal), RECP (Request for Engineering Change Proposal), PIECP (Preliminary Impact Engineering Change Proposal), PCP (Program Change Proposal), PECP (Preliminary Engineering Change Proposal), CCP (Contract Change Proposal), PCCP (Preliminary Contract Change Proposal), MCP (Master Change Proposal), IDCP (Interdivision Change Proposal), ICP (Interface Change Proposal), CPM (Change Proposal Manager), CPA (Change Proposal Analyst), CECP (Compatibility Engineering Change Proposal) and CCP (Commercial Change Proposal).

Quality management

CP/M

Control Program for Microcomputers

Operating systems

Cost Per Action

Change Proposal Analyst

The abbreviation CPA (Change Proposal Analyst) includes the abbreviation CP (Change Proposal).

Quality management

Contingency Planning Aid

Critical Path Analysis

Project management

Classification of Products by Activity

338.4

Canadian Psychological Association (https://cpa.ca/)

CPA is equivalent to SCP (Société Canadienne de Psychologie) in French.

Certified Public Auditor

Accounting

Chartered Public Auditor

Accounting

Canadian Payments Association

Child Protection Advisor

Children

CPAF

Cost Plus Award Fee

Prices

CPAL

Common Public Attribution License

CPAM

Communications in Pure Applied Mathematics

CPAN

Comprehensive Perl Archive Network

CPAP

Council of Provincial Associations of Psychologists (www.crhspp.ca/cpap/)

CPAP is equivalent to CSPP (Conseil des Sociétés Provinciales de Psychologues) in French.

CPAR

Controlled Parts Approval

Quality management

CPARC

Cal Poly Amateur Radio Club

CPAS

Center for Pacific Asia Studies

CPB

Corporation for Public Broadcasting (www.cpb.org)

CPB

Cardiopulmonary bypass

Cargo Processing Contract

Central Planning Center

Characteristic Properties Code

Computer Program Component

The abbreviation CPC (Computer Program Component) includes the abbreviation CP (Computer Program).

Control Pressure Conditioner

Combinatorics, Probability and Computing

Canadian Pork Council (www.cpc-ccp.com)

CPC is equivalent to CCP (Conseil Canadien du Porc) in French.

Climate Prediction Center (www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov)

Chipcard Personalisation Center

Electronics

Collaborative Product Commerce

Trade

CPCAS

Centre for Persian and Central Asian Studies

CPCB

Crew Procedures Control Board

The abbreviation CPCB (Crew Procedures Control Board) includes the abbreviation CB (Control Board).

CPCEI

Computer Program Contract End Item

The abbreviation CPCEI (Computer Program Contract End Item) includes abbreviations CP (Computer Program) and EI (End Item).

CPCG

Commercial Protein Crystal Growth

Proteins

CPCI

Computer Program Change Instruction

The abbreviation CPCI (Computer Program Change Instruction) includes the abbreviation CP (Computer Program).

CPCI

Computer Program Configuration Item

The abbreviation CPCI (Computer Program Configuration Item) includes abbreviations CP (Computer Program) and CI (Configuration Item).

Computer programs

CPCR

Computer Program Change Request

The abbreviation CPCR (Computer Program Change Request) includes abbreviations CP (Computer Program) and CR (Change Request).

CPC Software Solutions

Software

College Preparatory Charter School of Springfield

Education

Chiang mai Psychiatric Care-giving Skill Scale

Psychiatry

Carolina Prostate Cancer Screening Study

CPCar

Chemistry and Physics of Carbon

CPCs

Cardiac Progenitor Cells

576.3

CPD

Critical Point Drying

CPD

Crew Procedures Division

CPD

Crew Passive Dosimeter

CPDDS

Computer Program Detail Design Specification

The abbreviation CPDDS (Computer Program Detail Design Specification) includes the abbreviation CP (Computer Program).

Computer programs

CPDM

Colaborative Product Definition Management

Trade

CPDP

Computer Program Development Plan

The abbreviation CPDP (Computer Program Development Plan) includes the abbreviation CP (Computer Program).

CPDP

Computer Program Development Program

CPDR

Contractor’s Preliminary Design Review

The abbreviation CPDR (Contractor’s Preliminary Design Review) includes abbreviations PDR (Preliminary Design Review) and DR (Design Review).

CPDS

Computer Program Design Specification

The abbreviation CPDS (Computer Program Design Specification) includes the abbreviation CP (Computer Program).