Since 1998, the Casia Corporation Holland have been working on The Definitive TLA Wörterbuch to help people find their way in the ever growing intellectual chaos caused by the late-twentieth century tendency to use as many acronyms in the daily communication as possible. Especially acronyms with a length of three letters have been and continue to be immensly popular, not only in Information and Communication Technology circles, but also among people in more mundane fields of labour; a tendency that has mushroomed with the advent of mobile communication and the combined growing popularity of Short Message Services.
At present, there are 5815 (3718 distinct) TLA's in the database.
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| C | ||
| CAA | Civil Aviation Authority | |
| Constant Angular Acceleration | ||
| CAB | Change Advisory Board | |
| CAC | Codex Alimentarius Commissie | |
| CAD | Computer Aided Design | |
| Computer Aided Despatch | ||
| CAG | Carrier Air Group | |
| CAI | Clark Art Institute | |
| CAM | Computer Aided Manufacturing | |
| CAN | Campus Area Network | |
| CAO | Collectieve Arbeidsovereenkomst | |
| Conception Assistée par Ordinateur | ||
| CAP | Common Agricultural Policy | |
| Consistency, Availability, Percistency | ||
| CAR | Cortisol Awakening Response | |
| CAS | Certificate Authentication Service | |
| Column-Address Strobe | ||
| Court of Arbitration for Sport | ||
| CAT | Civil Air Transport | |
| Clear Air Turbulence | ||
| Computer Aided Telephony | ||
| CAV | Centrum voor Academische Vorming | |
| Constant Angular Velocity | ||
| CBA | Canadian Bankers Association | |
| CBE | Christian Body Experiment | |
| Commander of the British Empire | ||
| CBK | Centraal Brouwerij Kantoor | |
| CBL | Centraal Bureau Levensmiddelenhandel | |
| Common Based Language | ||
| CBM | Commodore Business Machines | |
| CBN | Christian Broadcasting Network | |
| CBP | College Bescherming Persoonsgegevens | |
| CBR | Centraal Bureau Rijvaardigheidsbewijzen | |
| Comic Book aRchive | ||
| Content-Based Routing | ||
| Cosmic Background Radiation | ||
| CBS | Centraal Bureau voor Statistiek | |
| Centraalbureau voor Schimmelcultures | ||
| College van Beroep voor Studenten | ||
| Columbia Broadcasting Systems | ||
| Cybernetic Broadcasting Systems | ||
| CBT | Cognitive Behavioural Therapy | |
| Computer based training | ||
| CCA | Creative Commons Attribution | |
| Cricket Club Arnhem | ||
| Cross Cutting Aspect | ||
| CCC | Campus Crusade for Christ | |
| Chaos Computer Club | ||
| Chrysler Comprehensive Compensation | ||
| Council of Conservative Citizens | ||
| County Cricket Club | ||
| Covenant Celebration Church | ||
| Customer Contact Center | ||
| CCD | Charge Coupled Device | |
| Consumer Computing Device | ||
| CCF | Compassion Capital Fund | |
| CCG | Cricket Club Groenendaal | |
| CCI | Camping Card International | |
| CCN | Creative Commons Naamsvermelding | |
| Cyclomatic Complexity Number | ||
| CCO | Collective Code Ownership | |
| CCP | Camera Control Pro | |
| Cultural Contact Point | ||
| CCR | Condition Code Register | |
| Creedence Clearwater Revival | ||
| CCS | Center for Cognitive Studies | |
| Centre for Christian Statesmanship | ||
| CCU | Critical Care Unit | |
| CCV | Citizens for Community Values | |
| CDA | Christen Democratisch Appèl | |
| Communications Decency Act | ||
| CDC | Centers for Disease Control | |
| Centre for Disease Control | ||
| Centre for Disease Control and Prevention | ||
| Component Developers Center | ||
| Control Data Corporation | ||
| CDD | Cognitive Dissonance development | |
| Compulsive Drilling Disorder (Bouwfuckers) | ||
| CDE | Chronique De Egypte | |
| CDF | Channel Definition Format | |
| CDG | Controlled Demolition Group | |
| CDI | CD Interactive | |
| Controlled Demolition Inc. | ||
| CDK | Chief Dull Knife | |
| CDL | Catholic Defence League | |
| CDM | Capitis Diminutio Maxima | |
| Code-Division Multiplexing | ||
| Conceptual data model | ||
| CDN | Content Delivery Network | |
| CDO | Collateralized Debt Obligation | |
| CDP | Continuous Data Protection | |
| CDW | Charles Doolittle Walcott | |
| CEB | Constipated Exoskeleton Bitches | |
| CED | Capacitance Electronic Discs | |
| CEI | Competative Enterprise Institute | |
| Contract End Item | ||
| CEJ | Continuous Employement Justification | |
| CEM | Centrum voor Elektronische Muziek | |
| Creation Evidence Museum | ||
| CEO | Chief Executive Officer | |
| CEP | circular error probable | |
| CES | Consumer Electronics Show | |
| Cursus Effectief Studeren | ||
| Curtis Electromusic Specialties | ||
| CET | Central European Time | |
| CFC | Computer Film Company | |
| CFD | Canadian Forces Decoration | |
| Computational Fluid Dynamics | ||
| CFE | Common Farming Exemptions | |
| CFF | Chemins de Fer Féderals | |
| Completely Fat Fucker | ||
| CFG | Context Free Grammar | |
| CFJ | Clogging For Jesus | |
| CFL | Courant, Friedrichs and Lewy | |
| CFM | Constraint Force Mixing | |
| CFO | C form object | |
| CFP | Call For Papers | |
| Canadean Financial Post | ||
| CFR | Code of Federdal Regulations | |
| Council on Foreign Relations | ||
| CFS | Commissie Financieel Stelsel | |
| Commonwealth Fusion Systems | ||
| CFT | Council Flat Trash | |
| CGA | Casual Games Association | |
| CGE | Christian Gottfried Ehrenberg | |
| CGI | Common Gateway Interface | |
| CriteriumGericht Intervieew | ||
| lobal Commerce Initiative | ||
| CGM | Computer Graphic Metafile | |
| CGN | CentrumGebouw Noord | |
| CGS | Cat Girl Synth | |
| Council of Graduate Schools | ||
| CGT | Church Growth Today | |
| CGU | Christelijk Gymnasium Utrecht | |
| CGZ | CentrumGebouw Zuid | |
| CHL | Configuration History Log | |
| CHM | Computer History Museum | |
| CHS | Central Heating System | |
| CHT | Circle Hough Transform | |
| CHU | Christelijk Historische Unie | |
| Christen Honden Unie | ||
| CIA | Central Intelligence Agency | |
| CIB | Complaints Investigation Bureau | |
| Cosmic Infrared Background | ||
| Creative Ingenuity Button | ||
| CIC | Combat Information Centre | |
| CID | Continued Instant Dislike | |
| Criminal Investigation Department | ||
| Crying In Disgrace | ||
| CIF | Communication Infrastructure Fund | |
| CIO | Chief Information Office | |
| Court of Indian Offences | ||
| CIS | Commonwealth of Independent States | |
| Comprehensive Integration Sollution | ||
| CIT | contradictio in terminis | |
| CIU | Central Interpretation Unit | |
| CIW | Communicatie- en Informatiewetenschappen | |
| CJA | Criminal Justice Act | |
| CJD | Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease | |
| CJO | Centraal Joods Overleg | |
| CKK | Christenhonden Konten Kusser | |
| CLA | Carry Look-Ahead | |
| CLI | Command Line Interface | |
| CLO | Community Liasion Officer | |
| CLR | Common Language Runtime | |
| CLU | Centrum voor Leermiddelenontwikkeling Utrecht | |
| CLV | Constant Linear Velocity | |
| CLZ | computerleerzalen | |
| CMA | Covenant Marriage Act | |
| CMB | Cosmic Microwave Background | |
| CMD | Communication & Multimedia Design | |
| Communication and Multimedia Design | ||
| CMF | Content Management Framework | |
| Cutting Master Format | ||
| CMG | Companion of St Michael and St George | |
| CMI | Communicatie, Media & IT | |
| Computer Musical Instrument | ||
| Condensed Matter and Interfaces | ||
| Contextual Menu Items | ||
| Creation Ministries International | ||
| Cultuur-, Mentaliteits- en Ideeëngeschiedenis | ||
| CMJ | Christopher Martin-Jenkins | |
| CMM | Capability Maturity Model | |
| College of Multi Media | ||
| CMO | Contactorgaan Moslims en Overheid | |
| CMP | Civiel Medisch Personeel | |
| Container Managed Persistence | ||
| CMR | Committee on Mental Retardation | |
| CMS | Citation Management System | |
| Cold Mammoth System | ||
| Compact Muon Solenoid | ||
| Content Management System | ||
| Content Mismanagement System | ||
| Cryogenic Mammoth System | ||
| CMT | Component Modeling Technology | |
| CMU | Carnegie Mellon University | |
| CMY | Cyan Magenta Yellow | |
| CNA | Central News Agency | |
| CNC | Christian Nationalist Crusade | |
| Computer Numerical Control | ||
| CND | Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament | |
| CNF | Chomsky Normal Format | |
| CNH | Computer Nerd Humour | |
| CNN | Cable News Network | |
| CNO | Cavalerie der Napoleontische Oorlogen | |
| CNP | Continued Next Post | |
| Council for National Policy | ||
| CNQ | Certified Not Qualified | |
| CNS | Central Nervous System | |
| CNV | Christelijk Nationaal Vakverbond | |
| COA | Coat Of Arms | |
| COC | Center Of Competence | |
| Chain Of Custody | ||
| Cultureel Ontmoetingscentrum | ||
| COD | Cash On Delivery | |
| COH | Center Of Hope | |
| COM | Component Object Model | |
| COO | Chief Operating Officer | |
| Commissie voor Openbare Onderstand | ||
| COP | Close of Play | |
| COR | Civil Order Regime | |
| Coalition On Revival | ||
| COS | Chief Of Staff | |
| Church of Scientology | ||
| Classification Of Stars | ||
| COT | Chicken Of Tomorrow | |
| COW | Chick-Of-the-Week | |
| COX | cyclo-oxygenase | |
| CPA | Continuous Partial Attention | |
| Crimson Permanent Assurance | ||
| CPB | Centraal PlanBureau | |
| CPC | California Penal Code | |
| Costs Per Click | ||
| Crisis Pregnancy Center | ||
| CPF | Cdesign Proponentists Fail | |
| Contract Preparation Forms | ||
| CPH | Crisis Pregnancy Helper | |
| CPI | code page information | |
| ColorLab Processed Image | ||
| Committee on Public Information | ||
| consumer price index | ||
| CPJ | Christelijke Plattelands Jongeren | |
| CPL | Clarion Programming Language | |
| Common Public Licence | ||
| Common Public License | ||
| CPM | Corporate Performance Management | |
| CPN | Communistische Partij Nederland | |
| CPS | Certificate Practice Statement | |
| Creative Problem Solving | ||
| Crown Prosecution Service | ||
| CPT | Child Protection Team | |
| Colored People's Time | ||
| CPU | Central Processing Unit | |
| CRA | Civil Rights Act | |
| CRB | Criminal Records Bureau | |
| CRC | Chemical Rubber Company | |
| Chipotle Restaurant Chain | ||
| Civil Rights Captcha | ||
| Cyclic Redundancy Checks | ||
| CRD | Capstone Requirements Document | |
| CRF | corticotropin releasing factor | |
| CRL | Certificate Revocation List | |
| CRM | Cardiovascular Regenerative Medicine | |
| Civil Rights Movement | ||
| Coral Ridge Ministries | ||
| Customer Relationship Management | ||
| CRN | Customer Reference Number | |
| CRO | Criminal Records Office | |
| CRP | Committee for the Re-election of the President | |
| CRS | Colombiaanse Revolutionaire Strijdkrachten | |
| CRT | Cathode Ray Tube | |
| Cranial Remoulding Therapy | ||
| CRU | Climatic Research Unit | |
| CSA | Canadian Space Agency | |
| Canine Separation Anxiety | ||
| Confederate States of America | ||
| CSB | Community Support Brutality | |
| CSC | Centre for Science and Culture | |
| Code Signing Certificates | ||
| Communicatie Service Centrum | ||
| CSD | Collectieve Sluitings Dag | |
| Computer Science Department | ||
| CSE | Citizens for a Sound Economy | |
| Creation Science Evangelism | ||
| CSF | Connected Services Framework | |
| CSG | centimeter seconde gram | |
| Christelijke ScholenGemeenschap | ||
| CSI | Crime Scene Investigation | |
| CSL | Citation Style Language | |
| Criterion Software Limited | ||
| CSM | Cigarette Smoking Man | |
| CSO | Chief Security Officer | |
| Customer service data and outcome | ||
| CSP | Cloud Solutions Provider | |
| Cryptographic Service Provider | ||
| CSQ | Country Specific Quota | |
| CSS | California State Senate | |
| Cascading Style Sheets | ||
| Control Stick Steering | ||
| Customer Self Service | ||
| CSV | comma-separated values | |
| CTA | Chicago Transit Authority | |
| Construction Time Again | ||
| CTB | Centrum voor Thuisbeademing | |
| Choosing The Best | ||
| CTD | Church–Turing–Deutsch | |
| Circling The Drain | ||
| CTE | Casia TLA Editor | |
| CTF | Child Trust Fund | |
| CTH | Carole Talon-Hugon | |
| CTM | Countdown To Meltdown | |
| CTO | Chief Technical Officer | |
| CTU | Counter Terrorist Unit | |
| CUF | Corpse Utilization Factories | |
| CUG | Closed User Group | |
| CUP | Compressed Ultrafast Photography | |
| CVA | Company Voluntary Arrangement | |
| CVB | Centraal Veevoederbureau | |
| College van Bestuur | ||
| CVC | Card Validation Code | |
| CVE | Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures | |
| CVL | Centrale Verkeersleiding | |
| College Van Leerlingen | ||
| CVO | Commander of the Royal Victorian Order | |
| Compleet Verspilde Ochtend | ||
| CVS | Chronisch Vermoeidheids Syndroom | |
| Concurrent Versions System | ||
| CVT | Continu Variabele Transmissie | |
| CVV | Collectief Vraagafhankelijk Vervoer | |
| CWA | Clean Water Act | |
| Concerned Women for America | ||
| CWB | Charles William Beebe | |
| CWC | Centrum voor Wetenschap en Cultuur | |
| CWG | Common Wealth Games | |
| CWI | Centrum voor Werk en Inkomen | |
| Centrum voor Wiskunde & Informatica | ||
| CWO | Commissie Watersport Opleidingen | |
| CWP | Charles Willson Peale | |
| CWS | Cricket Withdrawl Syndrome | |
| CWT | Complete Waste of Time | |
