List of acronyms: C

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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.

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C0–9[edit]

CA[edit]

CB[edit]

CC[edit]

CD[edit]

CE[edit]

CF[edit]

CG[edit]

CH[edit]

CI[edit]

CJ[edit]

CK[edit]

CL[edit]

CM[edit]

CN[edit]

CO[edit]

CP[edit]

CQ[edit]

CR[edit]

CS[edit]

CT[edit]

CU[edit]

CV[edit]

CW[edit]

CX[edit]

CY[edit]

CZ[edit]

See also[edit]

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