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C

CA —  CB —  CD —  CE —  CI —  CL —  CN —  CP —  CS —  CU

ACRONYM

DEFINITION

CONTRIBUTOR

C	Centigrade	Langley
C	Name of a Computer Programming Language	Langley
C&CL	Coating and Chemical Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (Army); (Also CCL)	CASI
C&DA	Command and Data Acquisition	Goddard
C&DH	Communications and Data Handling	Langley
C&DH	Command and Data Handling	Goddard
C&DHS	Command and Data Handling Subsystem	Goddard
C&T	Communications and Tracking	Goddard
C&T	Command and Telemetry	Goddard
C&TC	Command and Telemetry Controller	Goddard
C&W	Caution and Warning	Goddard
C&W	Caution and Warning System	CASI
C/D	Charge/Discharge	Goddard
C/DM	Configuration/Data Management	Goddard
C/NOFS	Communication/Navigation Outage Forecast Satellite	Goddard
C/O	Checkout	Goddard
C/O	Closeout	Goddard
C/S	Client/Server	Goddard
C/S	Common Spacecraft (EOS)	Goddard
C/SCSC	Cost/Schedule Control System Criteria	Goddard
C2	Command and Control	CASI
C3	Command, Control, and Communications	CASI
C360	Cinema 360 (35 mm motion picture camera for the purpose of documenting crew and mission activities)	CASI
C3I	Command, Control, Communications and Intelligence	CASI
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CA	Contract Award	Goddard
CA	Control Access	Goddard
CA	Current Awareness	Langley
CAA	Civil Aeronautics Administration	CASI
CAA	Clean Air Act	Goddard
CAA	Civil Aeronautics Authority	CASI
CAA	Computational Aeroacoustics	CASI
CAC	Climate Analysis Center	CASI
CACGP	Committee on Atmospheric Chemical And Global Pollution	Langley
CACT	Civil Air Carrier Turbojet	CASI
CAD	Computer Assisted Design	Goddard
CAD	Control and Debug	CASI
CAD	Coronary Artery Disease	CASI
CAD	Computer-Aided Design	CASI
CAD/CAE	Computer-Aided Design/Computer-Aided Engineering	CASI
CAD/CAM	Computer-Aided Design/Computer Aided Manufacturing	Goddard
CADA	Computer-Aided Design and Analysis	Langley
CADAM	Computer-Aided Design and Manufacturing	CASI
CADASIL	Cerebral Autosomal Dominant Arteriopathy with Subcortical Infarcts and Leukoencephalopathy	CASI
CADD	Computer-Aided Design and Drafting	Goddard
CADDETC	CAD-CAM Data Exchange Technical Centre	Goddard
CADM	Configuration Administration and Data Management	Goddard
CADRE	Computer-Aided Design for Research and Engineering	Langley
CADS	Crustal Accretion-Differentiation Superevent	CASI
CADU	Channel Access Data Unit	Goddard
CAE	Computer-Aided Engineering	CASI
CAEDE	Computer-Aided Engineering and Design for Electronics	Langley
CAFM	Computer-Aided Facilities Management	Goddard
CAGE	Commercial and Government Entity	Goddard
CAGEX	CERES/ARM/GEWEX Experiment	Goddard
CAI	Computer-Aided Instruction	CASI
CalCOFI	California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations	CASI
Calit, CALT, CALTECH	California Institute of Technology (Also CIT)	CASI
CALLUM	Combined Analog Locked-Loop Universal Modulator	CASI
CALM	Circumpolar Active Layer Monitoring	Goddard
CALS	Computer-aided Acquisition and Logistics Support	CASI
CALS	Continuous Acquisition and Life Cycle Support	Goddard
CAM	Computer-Aided Manufacturing	Goddard
CAM	Coronographic Apodizer Mechanism	Goddard
CAM	Cost Account Manager	Langley
CAM	Cartographic Automatic Mapping	CASI
CAMAC	Computer-Aided Measurement and Control	Goddard
CAMAC	Computer-Automated Measurement and Control (MSA)	Langley
CAMAC	Computer Automated Measurement and Control (NASA)	CASI
CAMEO	Chemically Active Material Ejected in Orbit (Nimbus G piggyback experiment attached to the Delta 2nd stage)	CASI
CAM-I	Computer Aided Manufacturing-International	Goddard
CAMP or Cyclic AMP	Adenosine 3'5' Cyclic Monophosphate	CASI
CAMS	Calibrated Airborne Multispectral Scanner	Langley
CAMS	Central Atmospheric Monitoring Systems	CASI
CAN	Ceric Ammonium Nitrate	CASI
CAN	Cooperative Agreement Notice	Langley
CANEX	Canadian Experiments	CASI
CAP	Capability	Goddard
CAP	Civil Air Patrol	CASI
CAP	Combat Air Patrol	CASI
CAP	Control Anticipation Parameter	CASI
CAP	Controlled Acceleration Propulsion	CASI
CAP	Corrective Action Plan	Goddard
CAP	Crew Activity Plan	CASI
CAP	Crew Activity Planning	Goddard
CAPCOM	Capsule Communicator	Goddard
CAPE	Convection and Precipitation and Electrification Field Project	Goddard
CAPL	Capillary Pump Loop Experiment	CASI
CAPP	Computer Aided Process Planning	Goddard
CAPPI	Constant Altitude Plan Position Indicator	CASI
CAPS	Cassini Plasma Spectrometer	Goddard
CAPS	Comet/Asteroid Protection System	CASI
CAPSS	Computational Analysis and Programming Support Services (CAPSS)	Langley
CAPSSL	Compact Advanced Pulse Solid State Laser	Goddard
CAR	Civil Air Regulation (FAA)	CASI
CARD	Constraints and Restrictions Document	Goddard
CARD	Civil Aviation Research and Development (NASA)	CASI
CARDE	Canadian Armament Research and Development Establishment	CASI
CARE	Computer-Aided Reliability Estimation	Langley
CARE	Computer Aided Reliability Estimation	CASI
CARES	Ceramic Analysis and Reliability Evaluation of Structures	CASI
CARETS	Central Atlantic Regional Ecological Test Site, (Dept. of Interior)	CASI
CARF	Central Altitude Reservation Facility	CASI
CARG	Cloud and Aerosol Research Group	CASI
CARIACO	Carbon Retention in a Colored Ocean	Goddard
CART	Cloud and Radiation Testbed	Goddard
CAS	Calibrated Air Speed	Langley
CAS	Collision Avoidance System	CASI
CAS	Column Address Strobe	Goddard
CAS	Complete Active Space (Quantum chemistry)	CASI
CAS	Computational AeroSciences	Langley
CAS	Controlled Airspace	Langley
CAS	Cost Accounting Standards	Goddard
CAS	Cost Accounting System	Goddard
CAS	COSTAR Alignment System	Goddard
CAS	Calibrated Ancillary System	Goddard
CAS	Close Air Support	CASI
CAS/PWI	Collision Avoidance System/Pilot Warning Indicator	CASI
CASB	Cost Accounting Standards Board	Goddard
CAS-C	Canadian Cooperative Applications Satellite	CASI
CASE	Computer-Aided Systems Engineering	Goddard
CASEP	Canadian Altitude Sensing Experiment Package	CASI
CASES	Cooperative Atmosphere-Surface Exchange Study	Goddard
CASES	Controls, Astrophysics, and Structures Experiment in Space	CASI
CASH	Catalog of Available and Standard Hardware	Goddard
CASH	Cross-Aft Shroud Harness	Goddard
CASI	Center for AeroSpace Information	Langley
CASSCF	Complete Active Space Self Consistent Field (Quantum chemistry)	CASI
Casst	Commercial Aviation Safety Strategy Team	CASI
CAST	Cross-Aft Shroud Tool	Goddard
CAT	Clear Air Turbulence (Aviation)	Langley
CAT	Connector Actuation Tool	Goddard
CAT	Crew Aid and Tool	Goddard
CAT	Clear-Air Turbulence	CASI
CATE	Ceramic Application in Turbine Engines	CASI
CATIA	Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Analysis	Goddard
CATIA	Computer Aided Three-dimensional Interactive Application	CASI
CATS	Cost Accounting Tracking System	Goddard
CATV	Cable Television	CASI
CAU	Christian Albrechts Universitaet zu Kiel	Goddard
CAWAP	Cranked-Arrow Wing Aerodynamics Project	Langley
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CB	Catalyst Bed	Goddard
CB	Center of Buoyancy	CASI
CB	Control Board	CASI
CBA	Collective Bargaining Agreement	Goddard
CBASS	Commission on Behavioral and Social Science	CASI
CBB	Contract Budget Baseline	Langley
CBD	Commerce Business Daily	Langley
CBDE	Carbonated Beverage Dispenser Evaluation	CASI
CBE	Current Best Estimate	Goddard
CBF	Cerebral Blood Flow	CASI
CBI	Character Based Interface	CASI
CBL	Convective Boundary Layer	Langley
CBP	Code Block Processor	Goddard
CBP	Construction of Facilities Best Practices	Goddard
CBS	Carrier Balloon System	CASI
CBSA	Cargo Bay Stowage Assembly (Space Shuttle)	CASI
CBT	Computer Based Training	Goddard
CBW	Constant Bandwidth	CASI
CC	Conformance Class	Goddard
CC	Control Center	Goddard
CC	Convolution Coding	Goddard
CC	Configuration Control	Goddard
CCA	Contract Change Authorization (KSC)	Langley
CCAFS	Cape Canaveral Air Force Station	CASI
CCAS	Cape Canaveral Air Station	Goddard
CCB	Change Control Board	Langley
CCB	Configuration Control Board	CASI
CCBD	Configuration Control Board Data (or Directive) (DoD)	Langley
CCC	Charge Current Controller	Goddard
CCC	Chemical Contamination Control	Goddard
CCC	Central Computer Complex	CASI
CCD	Charge Coupled Device	CASI
CCD	Charge-Coupled Device	Langley
CCD	Computer Crimes Division	Langley
CCD	Charge Coupled Detector	CASI
CCDS	Centers for the Commercial Development of Space	CASI
CCE	Current Cash (or Cost) Equivalent	Langley
CCE	Current Controller Electronics	Goddard
CCE	Charge Composition Explorer	CASI
CCF	Configuration Control Facility	Goddard
CCF	Consolidated Communications Facility	Goddard
CCGSE	Carrier/Customer Ground Support Equipment	Goddard
CCH	Cable, Crimping, and Harnessing	Goddard
CCHP	Constant Conductance Heat Pipe	Goddard
CCI	Chronic Constriction Injury	CASI
CCI	Co-channel Interference	CASI
CCI	Controlled Cortical Impact	CASI
CCI	Contracted Configuration Interaction (Quantum chemistry)	CASI
CCI	Crop Country Inventory	CASI
CCIP	Contamination Control Implementation Plan	Goddard
CCIR	International Radio Consultative Committee (France)	Goddard
CCIR	Consultative Committee for International Radio	CASI
CCITT	Consultative Committee for International Telephone and Telegraph	CASI
CCL	Closed Conference Loop	Goddard
CCL	Control Center Language	Goddard
CCL	Coating and Chemical Lab, Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD (Army) (Also C&CL)	CASI
CCL	Commerce Control List	CASI
CCLED	Coarse Control Law Error Detection	Goddard
CCMA	Cabinet Council on Management and Administration	Langley
CCN	Classification Change Notice	Langley
CCN	Cloud Condensation Nuclei	Goddard
CCN	Contract Change Notice	Goddard
CCNT	Constellation Communication and Navigation Transceiver	Goddard
CCO	Contract Change Order	Langley
CCO	Compound Cycle Engine	CASI
CCOPE	Cooperative Convective Precipitation Experiment (Meteorology)	CASI
CCOSM	Chemistry and Circulation Occultation Spectroscopy Mission	Goddard
CCP	Configuration Control Panel	Langley
CCP	Contamination Control Plan	Goddard
CCP	Contract Change Proposal	Goddard
CCP	Carbon-Cloth Phenolic	CASI
CCR	Carbon-Carbon Radiator	Goddard
CCR	Configuration Change Request	Goddard
CCR	Contractor Change Request (NASA)	Langley
CCS	Communications and Control Segment (NCC)	Goddard
CCS	Control Center System	Goddard
CCS	Cooperative Control Synthesis	CASI
CCS	Contamination Control System	CASI
CCSD	Coupled Cluster Singles and Doubles	CASI
CCSDS	Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems	CASI
CCSDS	Consultative Committee for Standard Data Services	CASI
CCSSE	Center for Space Science Education	Goddard
CCT	Central Communications Terminal (DSN)	Goddard
CCT	Computer-Compatible Tape	CASI
CCTS	Contractor Cost Tracking System	Goddard
CCTV	Closed Circuit Television	CASI
CCU	Charge Control Unit	Goddard
CCU	Crew Communications Umbilical (Space Shuttle)	CASI
CCV	Control Configured Vehicle (Aircraft)	CASI
CCZ	Command and Control Zone	Goddard
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CD	Committee Draft (ISO)	Goddard
CD	Conceptual Diagram	Goddard
CD	Configuration Drawing	Goddard
CD	Compact Disk	CASI
CD&SC	Communications Distribution and Switching Center	Goddard
CDA	Command and Data Acquisition	CASI
CDA	Critical Design Audit	Goddard
CDAF	Central Data Acquisition Facility	Goddard
CDAW	Coordinated Data Analysis Workshop	CASI
CDB	Calibration Database	Goddard
CDBS	Calibration Database Software	Goddard
CDC	Control Data Corp.	Langley
CDC	Computer Display Channel	CASI
CDCE	Cosmic Dust Collection Experiment	CASI
CDCR	Conceptual Design and Cost Review	Langley
CDD Poles	Castillejo-Dalitz-Dyson Poles (Related to Regge poles)	CASI
CDDIS	Crustal Dynamics Data Information System	CASI
CDDS	Communications and Data Distribution System	Goddard
CDEE	Chemical Defense Experimental Establishment (Great Britain)	CASI
CDF	Cumulative Distribution Function	CASI
CDF	Communications Data Formatter	Goddard
CDF	Collider Detector at Fermilab	CASI
CDF	Common Data Format	CASI
CDH	Command and Data Handling	Goddard
CDHF	Central Data Handling Facility	CASI
CDHS	Command and Data Handling System	Goddard
CDI	Command Data Interface	Goddard
CDI	Command Detector Interface	Goddard
CDI	Critical Decision Issue	Goddard
CDI	Course Deviation Indicator (Aviation)	CASI
CDIAC	Carbon Dioxide Information and Analysis Center (also known as DOE/CDIAC)	Goddard
CDIM	Context-Driven Information Model	Goddard
CDL	Crossing Department Lines	Langley
CDM	Caldwell Displacement Monitor	Goddard
CDM	C-Discharge Model	CASI
CDM	Charge Device Models	CASI
CDM	Clean Development Mechanism	CASI
CDM	Code Division Multiplexing	CASI
CDM	Collaborative Decision Making	CASI
CDMA	Code Division Multiple Access	CASI
CDMS	Cryospheric Data Management System	CASI
CDOC	Colored (or chromomorphic) Dissolved Organic Carbon	Goddard
CDOM	Color Dissolved Organic Matter	CASI
CDOM	Colored (or chromomorphic) Dissolved Organic Matter	Goddard
CDR	Critical Design Review	CASI
CDR	Commander (Shuttle Commander)	CASI
CDRC	CIESIN Data and Research Center	CASI
CDRL	Contract (or Contractor) Data Requirements List	Langley
CDRL	Contract Data Requirements List	Goddard
CDRL	Contract Deliverables Requirements List	Goddard
CD-ROM	Compact Disc Read Only Memory	CASI
CD-ROM	Compact Disk Read-Only Memory	Langley
CDRS	Collaborative Digital Reference Service	CASI
CDS	Catalogue of Data Sources	CASI
CDS	CCSDS Day Segmented	Goddard
CDS	Comprehensive Discrepancy System	Goddard
CDS	Coronal Diagnostic Spectrometer	Goddard
CDS	Correlated