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    Meaning

    Language

    Themes and places

    CAN

    Certification Analysis Network

    In English

    CAN

    Communauté Andine des Nations

    In French

    CAN

    Compagnie Auxiliaire de Navigation

    In French

    CANAM

    Caisse Nationale d'Assurance Maladie et Maternité

    In French

    CANCAVA

    Caisse Nationale de Compensation de l'Assurance Vieillesse des Artisans

    In French

    CANCER

    Computer Analysis of Nonlinear Circuits, Excluding Radiation

    In English

    CANDU

    CANada Deuterium Uranium

    In English

    CANIS

    Community Architectures for Network Information Systems

    In English

    CANM

    Communications in Applied Numerical Methods

    In English

    CANMES

    Canadian Committee of the Middle East Studies Association

    In English

    CANSSM

    Caisse Autonome Nationale de la Sécurité Sociale dans les Mines

    In French

    CANTOUS

    Centre d'Activités Naturelles Tirées d'Occupations Utiles

    In French

      CAO

      Cost Administration Office

      In English

      CAO

      Conception Assistée par Ordinateur

      In French

      CAO
      Comunidad Africana Oriental (www.eac.int)

      = EAC | East African Community | In English
      = CAE | Comunidad de África del Este | In Spanish

      In Spanish

      CAO

      Chief Administrative Officer

      In English

      CAO

      Collectieve Arbeidsovereenkomst

      In Dutch

      CAO

      Central Accounting Office

      In English

      CAO

      Commission d’Appel d’Offres

      In French

      CAOG

      Central Assoication of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

      In English

      CAOG

      Centre for Applied Organic Geochemistry

      In English

      CAORC

      Council of American Overseas Research Centers

      In English

      CAOS

      Center for Atmospheric and Oceanic Studies (http://caos-a.geophys.tohoku.ac.jp)

      In English

      CAP

      Capability Assurance Program

      In English

        CAP

        Computer Application Program

        In English

        CAP

        Contractor-Acquired Property

        In English

        CAP
        Cost Account Package

        The abbreviation CAP (Cost Account Package) includes the abbreviation CA (Cost Account).

        In English

        CAP
        Cost Account Plan

        The abbreviation CAP (Cost Account Plan) includes the abbreviation CA (Cost Account).

        In English

        CAP
        Crew Activity Plan

        The Crew Activity Plan (CAP) specifies the in-flight schedule or the on-orbit timeline for all crew members. Various time scales such as Mission Elapsed Time (MET) and time until deorbit ignition, as well as crew activities, day/night, orbit position, ground tracking, communication coverage, attitude, and maneuvers are presented in chart form.

        In English

        CAP

        Centre d'Analyse et de Prévision

        In French

          CAP

          Current Applied Physics

          In English

          CAP

          Certificat d’Aptitude Professionnelle

          In French

          CAP

          Canadian Association of Palynologists

          In English

          CAP

          Committee on Academic Performance

          In English

          CAP

          College of Alberta Psychologists

          In English

          CAP

          Collegiate Achievement Program

          In English

          CAP

          Common Agricultural Policy

          In English

          CAP

          Common Authentification Protocol

          In English

          CAP

          Chip Authentication Program

          In English

          CAP

          Carrierless Amplitude Phase

          In English

          CAPA

          Communauté d'Agglomération du Pays Ajaccien (www.ca-ajaccien.fr)

          In French

          CAPA

          Coopérative Agricole de la Plaine de l’Ariège (www.capa09.com)

          In French

          CAPA

          Certificat d'Aptitude à la Profession d'Avocat

          In French

          CAPA

          Chabalier & Associates Press Agency (www.capatv.com)

          In English

          CAPA

          Certificat d'Aptitude Professionnelle Agricole

          In French

          CAPA

          Commission Administrative Paritaire Académique

          In French

          CAPA

          Corrective And Preventive Action

          In English

          CAPA

          Canadian Association for Photographic Art (www.capacanada.ca)

          In English

          CAPA

          Canadian American Pudelpointer Association

          In English

          CAPA
          Canadian Access and Privacy Association (www.capa.ca)

          = ACAP | Association Canadienne d'Accès à l’information et de la Protection des renseignements personnels | In French

          In English

          CAPA

          Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology

          In English

          CAPA

          Canadian Association of Physician Assistants

          In English

          CAPA
          Canadian Aeronautical Preservation Association (www.capa-acca.com)

          = ACAP | Association Canadienne de Conservation Aéronautique | In French

          In English

          CAPA

          Canadian Asian Party Association

          In English

          CAPA

          Canadian Arthritis Patient Alliance (www.arthritispatient.ca)

          In English

          CAPA

          Canadian Animation Producers Association

          In English

          CAPAC

          Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat au Conseil d’État et à la Cour de cassation

          In French

          CAPART

          Council for the Advancement of People's Action & Rural Technology

          In English

          CAPAS

          Center for Asia Pacific Area Studies

          In English

          CAPD

          Commission Administrative Paritaire Départementale

          In French

          CAPE

          Coordonnateur des Améliorations des Processus d'Entreprise

          In French

          CAPE

          Centre for Advanced Photonics and Electronics (https://www.cape.eng.cam.ac.uk/)

          In English

          CAPE

          Contrat d’Appui Au Projet d’Entreprise

          In French

          CAPEB

          Confédération de l'Artisanat et des Petites Entreprises du Bâtiment (https://www.capeb.fr/)

          In French

          CAPEL
          Centro de Asesoría y Promoción Electoral (www.iidh.ed.cr/capel/)

          = CAPEL | Centro de Assessoria e Promoção Eleitoral | In Portuguese

          In Spanish

          CAPEL
          Centro de Assessoria e Promoção Eleitoral (www.iidh.ed.cr/capel/)

          = CAPEL (see above)

          In Portuguese

          CAPEM

          Center for Advanced Photonic and Electronic Materials

          In English

          CAPEPS

          Certificat d'Aptitude au Professorat de l'Éducation Physique et Sportive

          In French

          CAPES

          Certificat d'Aptitude au Professorat de l'Enseignement Secondaire

          In French

          CAPESA

          Certificat d'Aptitude pour l'Enseignement Secondaire Agricole

          In French

          CAPET

          Certificat d'Aptitude au Professorat de l'Enseignement Technique

          In French

          CAPEX

          CAPital EXpenditure

          In English

          CAPHRI

          Care and Public Health Research Institute (www.caphri.nl)

          In English

          CAPI

          Centre for Asia-Pacific Initiatives

          In English

          CAPI

          Council of Asian Press Institutes

          In English

          CAPI
          Comisión de Administración Pública Internacional

          = ICSC | International Civil Service Commission | In English
          = CFPI | Commission de la Fonction Publique Internationale | In French
          = CAPI | Comissão de Administração Pública Internacional | In Portuguese

          In Spanish

          CAPI
          Comissão de Administração Pública Internacional

          = ICSC, CFPI (see above)

          In Portuguese

          CAPI
          Common Application Programming Interface

          The abbreviation CAPI (Common Application Programming Interface) includes the abbreviation API (Application Programming Interface).

          In English

          CAPLP

          Certificat d'Aptitude au Professorat de Lycée Professionnel

          In French

          CAPLPA

          Certificat d'Aptitude au Professorat des Lycées Professionnels Agricoles

          In French

          CAPLPA

          Certificat d'Aptitude au Professorat de Lycée Professionnel Agricole

          In French

          CAPM

          Communauté d'Agglomération du Pays de Montbéliard

          In French

          CAPN

          Commission Administrative Paritaire Nationale

          In French

          CAPO

          Club Athlétique de Préparation Olympique

          In French

          CAPP

          Computer-Aided Process Planning

          In English

          CAPP

          Commission Arabe Permanente des Postes

          In French

          CAPRI

          Capacitance Rate Integrator

          In English

            CAPRI

            Confidentiality and Privacy Group

            In English

            CAPRIM

            Caisse de Prêts Immobiliers de Paris et des départements limitrophes

            In French

            CAPRN

            Canada-Asia-Pacific Research Network

            In English

            CAPS

            Center for Asian and Pacific Studies

            In English

            CAPS

            Common Attitude Pointing System

            In English

            CAPS

            Crew Activity Planning System

            In English

            CAPS

            Crew Altitude Protection Suit

            In English

            CAPS

            Crew Altitude Protection System

            In English

            CAPS

            Communauté d’Agglomération du Plateau de Saclay

            In French

            CAPS

            Compilation, Architectures Parallèles et Systèmes

            In French

            CAPS

            Catastrophic Antiphospholipid Syndrome

            In English

            CAPS

            Call Attempts Per Second

            In English

            CAPSS
            Computer-Aided Planning and Scheduling System

            The abbreviation CAPSS (Computer-Aided Planning and Scheduling System) includes the abbreviation PSS (Planning and Scheduling System).

            In English

            CAPSTRANS

            Centre for Asia Pacific Social Transformation Studies

            In English

            CAPT

            Capital Asset Pricing Model

            In English

            CAPTAC

            Conférence des Administrations des Postes et Télécommunications de l’Afrique Centrale

            In French

            CAPTCHA

            Completely Automated Public Turing Test to Tell Computers and Humans Apart

            In English

            CAPWIP

            Center for Asia Pacific Women in Politics

            In English

            CAPlus

            Chemical Abstracts Plus (www.cas.org)

            In English

            CAQ
            Convención sobre las Armas Químicas

            = CWC | Chemical Weapons Convention | In English
            = CAC | Convention sur les Armes Chimiques | In French
            = CAQ | Convenção sobre Armas Químicas | In Portuguese

            In Spanish

            CAQ
            Convenção sobre Armas Químicas

            = CWC, CAC (see above)

            In Portuguese

            CAR

            Certification Analysis Requirements

            In English

            CAR

            Certification Approval Request

            In English

            CAR
            Configuration and Acceptance Review

            The abbreviation CAR (Configuration and Acceptance Review) includes the abbreviation AR (Acceptance Review).

            In English

            CAR
            Contractual Action Request

            The abbreviation CAR (Contractual Action Request) includes the abbreviation AR (Action Request).

            In English

            CAR
            Corrective Action Record

            The abbreviation CAR (Corrective Action Record) includes the abbreviation CA (Corrective Action).

            In English

            CAR
            Corrective Action Request

            The abbreviation CAR (Corrective Action Request) includes abbreviations CA (Corrective Action) and AR (Action Request).

            In English

            CAR
            Customer Acceptance Review

            The abbreviation CAR (Customer Acceptance Review) is included in the abbreviation CARID (Customer Acceptance Review Item Disposition), and it includes the abbreviation AR (Acceptance Review).

            In English

            CAR

            Contrat Ambition Réussite

            In French

            CAR

            Centr-Afrika Respubliko

            In Esperanto

            CAR
            Corrective Action Report

            The abbreviation CAR (Corrective Action Report) is included in abbreviations such as DCAR (Design Corrective Action Report), ICAR (Initiated Corrective Action Report) and ICAR (Investigation and Corrective Action Report), and it includes the abbreviation CA (Corrective Action).

            In English

            CARA

            Central Alpine Research Audits

            In English

              CARA

              Chronische Aspecifieke Respiratoire Aandoeningen

              In Dutch

              CARB
              Central Acquisition Review Board

              The abbreviation CARB (Central Acquisition Review Board) includes the abbreviation RB (Review Board).

              In English

              CARCAH

              Chief, Aerial Reconnaissance Coordination, All Hurricanes

              In English

              CARDE

              Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment

              In English

              CARE

              Centre d'Anthropologie Religieuse Européenne (http://care.ehess.fr)

              In French

              CARE

              Corpus Architecturae Religiosae Europae

              In Latin

              CAREP

              Centre Académique de Ressources pour l'Éducation Prioritaire

              In French

              CARETAKER

              Content Analysis and REtrieval Technologies to Apply Knowledge Extraction to massive Recording

              In English

              CARFITA

              Caribbean Free Trade Association

              In English

              CARI

              Central Asia Research Initiative

              In English

              CARIBCAN

              Caribbean-Canada Preferential Trading Arrangement

              In English

              CARICOM

              Caribbean Community and Common Market (https://caricom.org/)

              In English

              CARID

              Customer Acceptance Report Item Disposition

              In English

              CARID
              Customer Acceptance Review Item Disposition

              The abbreviation CARID (Customer Acceptance Review Item Disposition) includes abbreviations AR (Acceptance Review) and CAR (Customer Acceptance Review).

              In English

              CARIF

              Centre d'Animation, de Ressources et d'Information sur les Formations

              In French

              CARIF

              Centre d'Animation et de Ressources d'Information sur la Formation

              In French

              CARIM

              CArdiovascular Research Institute Maastricht (www.carim.unimaas.nl)

              In English

              CARIMET
              Caribbean Metrology Cooperation

              = CARIMET | Coopération Caribéenne de Métrologie | In French
              = CARIMET | Cooperação Caribenha de Metrologia | In Portuguese

              In English

              CARIMET
              Coopération Caribéenne de Métrologie

              = CARIMET (see above)

              In French

              CARIMET
              Cooperação Caribenha de Metrologia

              = CARIMET (see above)

              In Portuguese

              CARL

              Cerveau Analytique de Recherche et de Liaison

              In French

              CARLA

              Center for Advanced Research on Language Acquisition (www.carla.umn.edu)

              In English

              CARM

              Customer Accommodation Requirement Model

              In English

                CARMA

                Cared for the Aged at Risk of Marginalisation

                In English

                CARMF

                Caisse Autonome de Retraite des Médecins Français

                In French

                CARN

                Central Asia Research Network

                In English

                CARNA

                College and Association of Registered Nurses of Alberta

                In English

                CARO

                Computer Antivirus Research Organization

                In English

                CARPA

                Caisse de Règlements Pécuniaires de la Profession d'Avocat

                In French

                CARPIMKO

                Caisse Autonome de Retraite et de Prévoyance des Infirmiers, Masseurs-Kinésithérapeutes, médecins-podologues, orthophonistes et orthoptistes

                In French

                CARR
                Customer Acceptance Readiness Review

                The abbreviation CARR (Customer Acceptance Readiness Review) includes abbreviations AR (Acceptance Readiness) and RR (Readiness Review).

                In English

                CARR

                Customer Accommodation Requirement Representative

                In English

                  CARRE

                  Central Asia Research and Remediation Exchange

                  In English

                  CARS

                  Configuration Accounting and Reporting System

                  In English

                  CARUM

                  Club des Anesthésistes Réanimateurs Urgentistes Militaires

                  In French

                  CAS

                  Center for Asian Studies

                  In English

                  CAS

                  Chemical Abstract Service (www.cas.org)

                  In English

                  CAS
                  Calibrated Airspeed

                  The abbreviation CAS (Calibrated Airspeed) is included in the abbreviation KCAS (Knots Calibrated Airspeed).

                  In English

                  CAS

                  CITE Augmentation System

                  In English

                    CAS

                    Command Augmentation System

                    In English

                      CAS

                      Computer Airspeed

                      In English

                      CAS

                      Configuration Accounting System

                      In English

                      CAS

                      Cooperative Application Satellite

                      In English

                      CAS
                      Cost Accounting Standard

                      The abbreviation CAS (Cost Accounting Standard) is included in the abbreviation CASB (Cost Accounting Standards Board).

                      In English

                      CAS

                      Crew Accommodation System

                      In English

                      CAS

                      Centre d'Analyse Stratégique

                      In French

                      CAS

                      Cambridge Astrophysics Series

                      In English

                      CAS

                      Content Addressed Storage

                      In English

                      CAS

                      Common Access System

                      In English

                      CAS

                      Caisse d'Activités Sociales

                      In French

                      CAS

                      Comité d'Action Socialiste

                      In French

                      CAS

                      Conjonctivite Allergique Saisonnière

                      In French

                      CAS

                      College of Arts and Sciences

                      In English

                      CAS

                      Computer Aided Selling

                      In English

                      CAS

                      Channel Associated Signaling

                      In English

                      CAS3

                      Combined Arms and Service Staff School

                      In English

                      CASA

                      Canadian Asian Studies Association

                      In English

                      CASA

                      Centre for Asian Studies Amsterdam

                      In English

                      CASA

                      Confederazione Autonoma Sindacati Artigiani

                      In Italian

                      CASAC

                      Credential for Alcoholism and Substance Abuse Counselors

                      In English

                      CASB
                      Cost Accounting Standards Board

                      The Cost Accounting Standards Board (CASB) is an independent board legislatively established to make, promulgate, and amend cost accounting standards (CAS) and interpretations so as to achieve uniformity and consistency in the practices governing the measurement, assignment, and allocation of costs to contracts with the United States.

                      The abbreviation CASB (Cost Accounting Standards Board) includes the abbreviation CAS (Cost Accounting Standard).

                      In English

                      CASDIS
                      Conseil d’Administration du Service Départemental d’Incendie et de Secours

                      The abbreviation CASDIS (Conseil d’Administration du Service Départemental d’Incendie et de Secours) includes the abbreviation CA (Conseil d’Administration).

                      In French

                      CASE

                      Care Application Service Element

                      In English

                        CASE

                        Computer-Aided System Engineering

                        In English

                        CASE

                        Computer-Automated Software Engineering

                        In English

                        CASE

                        Computer-Aided Software Engineering

                        In English

                        CASE

                        Conformity Assessment Systems Evaluation

                        In English

                        CASE

                        Council for Advancement and Support of Education (www.case.org)

                        In English

                        CASES

                        Control And Structures Experiments for Space

                        In English

                          CASIMIR

                          Centre d'Appui et Simulation des Industries par les Moyens de l'Innovation et de la Recherche

                          In French

                          CASIS

                          Comité d'Appui au Système d'Information Sanitaire

                          In French

                          CASJ

                          Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal

                          In English

                          CASJQ

                          Canadian Aeronautics and Space Journal Quarter

                          In English

                          CASM

                          Centre d'Action Sociale des Métiers

                          In French

                          CASNAV

                          Centre Académique pour la Scolarisation des Nouveaux Arrivants et des enfants du Voyage

                          In French

                          CASO

                          Cancellation Addendum Sales Order

                          In English

                          CASOS

                          Computational Analysis of Social and Organizational Systems

                          In English

                          CASP

                          CAS Pitch Control Mode

                          In English

                            CASP

                            Change Assessment Summary Package

                            In English

                            CASQY

                            Communauté d’Agglomération de Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines

                            In French

                            CASR

                            Cost And Schedule Reporting

                            In English

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