ExpertGlossary acronyms starting with C

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CAA — Clean Air Act (CAA) The Superfund law incorporates those substances listed as hazardous air pollutants under section 112 of the Clean Air Act (CAA) as CERCLA hazardous…
CAAQS — California Ambient Air Quality Standard (CAAQS) A legal limit that specifies the maximum level and time of exposure in the outdoor air for a given air pollutant and which is protective of human health…
CAD — Computer Aided Design (CAD) An automated system for the design, drafting, and display of graphically oriented information.
CAD — Computer Aided Dispatch (CAD) Systems A Computer Aided Dispatch System (CAD) is a computer database that can track calls for service, maintain status of units available, provide…
CADAS — Centralized Automated Data Acquisition System (CADAS) A system of two minicomputers in NWSH that interrogates LARCs and DARDCs by telephone every 6 hours and transmits the data to AFOS via HADS.
CAFE — Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) Federal standards enacted in 1975 for fuel economy in motor vehicles. The average of city and highway fuel economy test results weighted by a manufacturer…
CAG — Community Advisory Groups (CAG) A Community Advisory Group (CAG) is made up representatives of diverse community interests.
CAH — Critical Access Hospital (CAH) A small, generally geographically remote facility that provides outpatient and inpatient hospital services to people in rural areas.
CAP — Central Arizona Project (CAP) Aqueduct A 336-mi (541-km) long diversion canal operated by the Central Arizona Water Conservation District that diverts water from the Colorado River into central…
CAR — Corrective Action Report (CAR) Used to identify and document problems with ARM systems, physical infrastructure, or instruments.
CARE — Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency (CARE) Act Federal legislation created to address the unmet health care and service needs of people living with HIV Disease (PLWH) disease and their families.
CASE — Computer-Aided Software Engineering (CASE) CASE tools are defined programming rules for applying engineering principles, methods, techniques, and concepts.
CAUTI — Catheter-Associated Urinary Tract Infection (CAUTI) Infection involving any part of the urinary system, including urethra, bladder, ureters, and kidney that is caused by the insertion of a urinary catheter.
CBD — Central Business District (CBD) The downtown retail trade and commercial area of a city or town, or an area of very high land valuation, traffic flow, and concentration of retail…
CBDPP — Community Based Dental Partnership Program (CBDPP) The program within the HRSA HIV/AIDS Bureau's Division of Community Based Programs that delivers HIV/AIDS dental care while simultaneously training dental…
CBO — Community-based Organization (CBO) An organization that provides services to locally defined populations, which may or may not include populations infected with or affected by HIV disease.
CCF — C unit (CCF) One hundred cubic feet of solid wood. Used as a log measure or as a measure of solid wood content. 1 CCF contains typically 1.4 BDT.
CCL — Construction Completion List (CCL) EPA has developed a construction completion list (CCL) to simplify its system of categorizing sites and to better communicate the successful completion of…
CCL — convective condensation level (CCL) The level above the surface marking the base of a cumuliform cloud that is forming due to surface heating and rising thermals.
CCPA — Consumer Credit Protection Act, (CCPA) Consumer Credit Protection Act (CCPA) 15 U.S.C. 1673, and the regulations of the Secretary pursuant to that Act, 29 C.F.R.
CD — Certificates of Deposit (CD) A debt instrument issued by banks, usually paying interest, with maturities ranging from seven days to several years.
CD-ROM — Compact Disk-Read Only Memory (CD-ROM) CD-ROM is an optical media. A CD-ROM 5.25-inch disk can hold about 650 megabytes of information.
CDC — Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) One of the foremost national agencies in the world that serves to support and advance public health.
CDC — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) A division of Department of Health and Human Services.
CDD — Cooling degree days (CDD) A measure of cooling energy demand determined by how far a location's temperature averaged above 65 degrees Fahrenheit.
CDI — Clostridium difficile-Associated Disease (CDI) An intestinal illness caused by toxins produced by the bacteria called Clostridium difficile.
CDI — Credit Disability Insurance (CDI) A type of insurance, also known as accident and health insurance, that makes payments on the loan if you become ill or injured and cannot work.
CDN — Content Distribution Network (CDN) A large distributed system of servers deployed in data centers all across the internet.
CDPD — Cellular Digital Packet Data (CDPD) A wireless communications protocol being used by many law enforcement agencies for mobile computer communications.
CEO — Chief Elected Official (CEO) The official recipient of Part A or Part B Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program funds. For Part A, this is usually a city mayor, county executive, or chair of the…
CEPPO — Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO) The Chemical Emergency Preparedness and Prevention Office (CEPPO) provides leadership, advocacy and assistance to: Prevent and prepare for chemical…
CEQ — Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) An advisory council to the President established by the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969.
CERCLA — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as Superfund, was enacted by Congress on December 11…
CERCLA — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) An Act providing the regulatory framework for the remediation of past contamination from hazardous waste.
CERCLIS — Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Information System (CERCLIS) The CERCLA Information System is an EPA database of information about Superfund sites.
CFC — Chlorofluorocarbon (CFC) A family of chemicals composed primarily of carbon, hydrogen, chlorine, and fluorine whose principal applications are as refrigerants and industrial…
CFR — Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) An annual publication which contains the cumulative executive agency regulations.
CFS — Cubic Feet per Second (CFS) The flow rate or discharge equal to one cubic foot (of water, usually) per second. This rate is equivalent to approximately 7.48 gallons per second.
CGM — Computer Graphics Metafile (CGM) A graphic image exchange standard, ANSI: x3.122-1986, ISO: 8632-1986, for graphic output file format.
Chief ALJ — Chief Administrative Law Judge (Chief ALJ) Chief Administrative Law Judge (Chief ALJ) means the chief official of the Office of the Administrative Law Judges of the Department of Labor or the Chief…
CHIP — Children's Health Insurance Program (CHIP) Insurance program jointly funded by state and federal government that provides health coverage to low-income children and, in some states, pregnant women…
CHP — Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Also called cogeneration, CHP is the use of the waste heat generated by an engine or power station to produce useful heat, typically for heating of a…
CHU — Critical habitat unit (CHU) Under the Endangered Species Act, critical habitat is defined as "the specific areas within the geographic area occupied by a species on which are found…
Ci — Curie (Ci) The basic unit used to describe the intensity of radioactivity in a sample of material.
CIDR — Classless Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) block An Internet protocol address allocation and route aggregation methodology. See Also http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIDR_notation.
CIFs,CIF — Collective Investment Funds (CIFs,CIF) A Collective Investment Fund (CIF) is a trust created and administered by a bank or trust company that commingles assets from multiple clients.
CIP — Customer Identification Program (CIP) A program required to prevent financing of terrorist operations and money laundering.
CLABSI — Central Line-Associated Bloodstream Infection (CLABSI) Central line-associated bloodstream infections can result if an intravenous catheter is inserted incorrectly or not cared for properly.
CLEFT — Cleavage of Lateral Epitaxial Films for Transfer (CLEFT) A process for making inexpensive Gallium Arsenide (GaAs) photovoltaic cells in which a thin film of GaAs is grown atop a thick, single-crystal GaAs (or…
CLFR — Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) A type of concentrated solar power (CSP) technology similar to a parabolic trough design, where the sun's heat energy is reflected onto a receiver…
CLFR — Fresnel - Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR) See Compact Linear Fresnel Reflector (CLFR)
CLI — command line interface (CLI) A software product that allows the user to type in commands at a prompt. Contrast to forms interface.
CLI — Credit Life Insurance (CLI) A type of life insurance that helps repay a loan if you should die before the loan is fully repaid. CLI is optional coverage.
CLP — Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s Contract Laboratory Program (CLP) is a national network of EPA personnel, commercial laboratories, and support…
CLTV — Combined Loan-to-Value (CLTV) The relationship of the outstanding balances of a first and second mortgage to the value of the home used to determine the maximum percentage of value…
CMB — Cosmic Microwave Backgroun (CMB) Radiation filling the universe, remaining from the early, hot phase. (It is sometimes called the "primal glow.") Today this radiation has cooled to 2.
CMBS — Commercial Mortgage-Backed Securities (CMBS) A type of Mortgage-Backed Security backed by commercial mortgage loans.
CME — Coronal Mass Ejection (CME) A catastrophic expansion of a part of the coronal magnetic field that causes a huge bubble of plasma and magnetic field to erupt from the Sun.
CMO — Collateralized Mortgage Obligation (CMO) Mortgage-backed securities, segmented into tranches, so that investors can choose a tranche that fits their desired timing of payments.
CMS — Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) A federal agency that runs the national health insurance programs Medicare and Medicaid
CMS — Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) The federal agency that runs the Medicare, Medicaid, and Children's Health Insurance Programs, and the federally facilitated Marketplace.
CMS — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) A division of Department of Health and Human Services.
CMS — Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Federal agency within HHS that administers the Medicaid, Medicare, and the Children’s Health Insurance Program (CHIP).
CNAME — Canonical Name Record (CNAME) A type of resource record in the Domain Name System (DNS) that specifies that the domain name is an alias of another, canonical domain name.
CNG — Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) Natural gas (methane) that has been compressed to a higher pressure gaseous state by a compressor; used in CNG vehicles.
CO — Carbon Monoxide (CO) A colorless, odorless gas produced by incomplete combustion. Carbon monoxide is poisonous if inhaled.
CO2 — Carbon Dioxide (CO<sub>2</sub>) A product of combustion. The most common greenhouse gas.
COD — Chemical oxygen demand (COD) The amount of dissolved oxygen required to combine with chemicals in wastewater.
CODIS — Combined DNA Index System (CODIS) a DNA database system
COGO — COordinate GeOmetry (COGO) Land surveyors use COGO functions to enter survey data, to calculate precise locations and boundaries, to define curves, and so on.
COGSA — Carriage of Goods by Sea Act (COGSA) U.S. federal codification passed in 1936 which standardizes and sets limitations on a carrier’s liability under carrier’s bill of lading. U.S.
COP — Coefficient of Performance (COP) A ratio of the work or useful energy output of a system versus the amount of work or energy inputted into the system as determined by using the same…
CPCRA — Community Programs for Clinical Research on AIDS (CPCRA) Community-based clinical trials network that obtains evidence to guide clinicians and PLWHA on the most appropriate use of available HIV therapies.
CPV — Concentrating PV (CPV) See Photovoltaic (PV) module; Photovoltaic (PV) facility
CR — Conditional Residence (CR) Visa If you have been married for less than two years when your husband or wife (spouse) gets lawful permanent resident status (gets a green card), then your…
CRP — Critical Rainfall Probability (CRP) The probability that the actual precipitation during a rainfall event has exceeded or will exceed the flash flood guidance value.
CRS — Community Rating System (CRS) A program developed by the FEMA Mitigation Division to provide incentives for those communities in the National Flood Insurance Program that have gone…
CSD — Context Sensitive Design (CSD) A collaborative, interdisciplinary approach that involves all stakeholders to develop a facility that fits its physical setting and preserves scenic…
CSI — crime scene investigation (CSI) / reconstruction Crime Scene Investigation deals with the preservation and collection of evidence located at the scene of a crime.
CSP — Concentrating solar power (CSP) See Concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies
CSP — Concentrating solar power (CSP) technologies Any of a family of solar energy technologies that reflect and concentrate the sun's energy to produce heat that is subsequently used to produce steam to…
CSR — Cancer Statistics Review (CSR) An annual report containing the most recent incidence, mortality, and survival statistics, published by the Cancer Statistics Branch of the NCI.
CSSM — Content Standards for Spatial Metadata (CSSM) A document produced by the Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC) that describes spatial metadata.
CU — Coefficient of Utilization (CU) A term used for lighting appliances; the ratio of lumens received on a flat surface to the light output, in lumens, from a lamp; used to evaluate the…
CUP — Conditional Use Permit (CUP) In California, this is a permit that is required to be obtained from the county government authority in which a solar energy facility is to be located.
CVD — Chemical Vapor Deposition (CVD) A method of depositing thin semiconductor films used to make certain types of solar photovoltaic devices.
CWA — Clean Water Act (CWA) The Superfund law incorporates those substances listed as hazardous water pollutants under section 311 (b)(4) of the Clean Water Act (CWA) as CERCLA…
CWA — Federal Water Pollution Control Act (CWA) A federal regulatory law administered by the states. The act created the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System.
CWFA — County Warning Forecast Area (CWFA) The area (aggregation of counties, or parishes and sometimes portions of counties, or parishes) served by a WFO for which weather forecast and warning…
CZMA — Coastal Zone Management Act (CZMA) National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) provides funding for implementation and sets standards (including prevention of non-point…
°C — infrared brightness temperature (°C) The downwelling atmospheric emission in the 9.9 to 11.4 micrometers band; in general, relatively warmer temperatures imply "thicker" clouds.
µCi — Microcurie (µCi) One millionth of a curie (3.7 x 104 disintegrations per second).