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Science

  • Carbonate compensation depth
    Carbonate Compensation Depth
    Calcite compensation depth is the depth in the oceans below which the rate of supply of calcite lags behind the rate of solvation, such that no calcite is preserved. Aragonite compensation depth describes the same behaviour in reference to aragonitic carbonates.Calcium carbonate is essentially...

    , a property of oceans
  • Colony collapse disorder
    Colony Collapse Disorder
    Colony collapse disorder is a phenomenon in which worker bees from a beehive or European honey bee colony abruptly disappear. While such disappearances have occurred throughout the history of apiculture, the term colony collapse disorder was first applied to a drastic rise in the number of...

    , a phenomenon involving the abrupt disappearance of the worker bees in a beehive or Western honey bee colony
  • centi
    Centi
    Centi is a prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundredth. Adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin centum, meaning hundred. It is mainly used with the metre to express lengths in centimetres, a common unit of length....

    candela
    Candela
    The candela is the SI base unit of luminous intensity; that is, power emitted by a light source in a particular direction, weighted by the luminosity function . A common candle emits light with a luminous intensity of roughly one candela...

     (ccd), an SI
    Si
    Si, si, or SI may refer to :- Measurement, mathematics and science :* International System of Units , the modern international standard version of the metric system...

     unit of luminous intensity
    Luminous intensity
    In photometry, luminous intensity is a measure of the wavelength-weighted power emitted by a light source in a particular direction per unit solid angle, based on the luminosity function, a standardized model of the sensitivity of the human eye...

     denoting one hundredth
    Centi
    Centi is a prefix in the metric system denoting a factor of one hundredth. Adopted in 1795, the prefix comes from the Latin centum, meaning hundred. It is mainly used with the metre to express lengths in centimetres, a common unit of length....

     of a candela
    Candela
    The candela is the SI base unit of luminous intensity; that is, power emitted by a light source in a particular direction, weighted by the luminosity function . A common candle emits light with a luminous intensity of roughly one candela...

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Technology

  • Charge-coupled device
    Charge-coupled device
    A charge-coupled device is a device for the movement of electrical charge, usually from within the device to an area where the charge can be manipulated, for example conversion into a digital value. This is achieved by "shifting" the signals between stages within the device one at a time...

    , an electronic light sensor used in digital cameras
  • .ccd
    .ccd
    A .ccd file is a text descriptor used by CloneCD to mark the properties of a CD/DVD image. These file need to be combined with an image file to be burned. It may also come with a subchannel file .The .ccd extension can be used directly by first-party disc emulator Virtual CloneDrive...

    , the filename extension for CloneCD's CD image file
  • See Closed captioning
    Closed captioning
    Closed captioning is the process of displaying text on a television, video screen or other visual display to provide additional or interpretive information to individuals who wish to access it...

     for Closed Caption Display, a technology for displaying text information embedded in video signals
  • Central composite design
    Central composite design
    In statistics, a central composite design is an experimental design, useful in response surface methodology, for building a second order model for the response variable without needing to use a complete three-level factorial experiment....

    , an experimental design in response surface methodology for building a second order model for a response variable without a complete three level factorial
  • Air-independent propulsion
    Air-independent propulsion
    Air-independent propulsion is a term that encompasses technologies which allow a submarine to operate without the need to surface or use a snorkel to access atmospheric oxygen. The term usually excludes the use of nuclear power, and describes augmenting or replacing the diesel-electric propulsion...

     aka Closed cycle diesel engines, propulsion used on diesel submarines
  • Computacenter Distribution, the distribution arm of Computacenter
    Computacenter
    Computacenter plc is the parent company of a group of European companies which provide computer services to public and private sector customers. Despite the spelling of the word "center", it is a UK company based in Hatfield, Hertfordshire. Its competitors include Fujitsu, Getronics, Capgemini and...

     PLC.
  • Continuous Collision Detection
    Collision detection
    Collision detection typically refers to the computational problem of detecting the intersection of two or more objects. While the topic is most often associated with its use in video games and other physical simulations, it also has applications in robotics...

    , especially in Rigid body dynamics
    Rigid body dynamics
    In physics, rigid body dynamics is the study of the motion of rigid bodies. Unlike particles, which move only in three degrees of freedom , rigid bodies occupy space and have geometrical properties, such as a center of mass, moments of inertia, etc., that characterize motion in six degrees of...

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Medical

  • Caput-collum-diaphyseal angle, the angle between the neck and the shaft of the femur in the hip
  • Cleidocranial dysostosis
    Cleidocranial dysostosis
    Cleidocranial dysostosis, also called Cleidocranial dysplasia, is a hereditary congenital disorder due to haploinsufficiency caused by mutations in the CBFA1 gene also called Runx2, located on the short arm of chromosome 6....

    , a genetic abnormality in humans
  • Central core disease
    Central core disease
    Central core disease , also known as central core myopathy, is an autosomal dominant congenital myopathy . It was first described by Shy and Magee in 1956...

    , a rare neuromuscular disorder
  • Congenital chloride diarrhea
    Congenital chloride diarrhea
    Congenital chloride diarrhea is a genetic disorder due to an autosomal recessive mutation on chromosome 7. The mutation is in downregulated-in-adenoma , a gene that encodes a membrane protein of intestinal cells. The protein belongs to the solute carrier 26 family of membrane transport proteins...

    , a rare disorder in babies
  • Continuity of Care Document
    Continuity of Care Document
    The Continuity of Care Document specification is an XML-based markup standard intended to specify the encoding, structure and semantics of a patient summary clinical document for exchange....

    , an XML-based markup standard for patient medical document exchange

Education

  • Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
    Confraternity of Christian Doctrine
    The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine was an association established at Rome in 1562 for the purpose of giving religious education. Its modern usage, often abbreviated CCD or C.C.D., is a religious education program of the Catholic Church, normally designed for children.-History:Until the...

    , religious education programs of the Catholic Church normally designed for children, originated in Italy
  • Community College of Denver
    Community College of Denver
    Community College of Denver is a community college located in Denver, Colorado, United States. The main campus is at Auraria Campus, and it has two other locations in the Denver metropolitan area. CCD focuses on underserved, first-generation and minority students...

    , a community college with six campuses around Denver, USA
  • Cincinnati Country Day School
    Cincinnati Country Day School
    Cincinnati Country Day School is a private, Independent School located in Indian Hill, Ohio, a suburb of Cincinnati....

    , a non-parochial, private school in Indian Hill, USA

Parties

  • Christian Democratic Centre, a late Italian political party, known as Centro Cristiano Democratico in Italian.

NGOs

  • Christian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities
    Christian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities
    Christian Care Foundation for Children with Disabilities - non-governmental organization in Thailand. Established in 1986 by Christian Outreach for Relief & Development , UK. Located in Nonthaburi, north of Bangkok....

    , an NGO in Thailand
  • Council for a Community of Democracies
    Council for a Community of Democracies
    Council for a Community of Democracies is a Washington, D.C. based NGO which was established in order to promote global interest in and support for the Community of Democracies, improved relationships among democracies, and democratic transitions in general...

    , an NGO in the USA
  • Canadian Coalition for Democracies
    Canadian Coalition for Democracies
    The Canadian Coalition for Democracies was a Canadian political action organization that advocated greater support for Israel, India, and minorities in the Muslim world such as Christians, Copts, Bahá'ís, Assyrians, and Ismailis....

    , a non-governmental advocacy organisation in Canada

Other

  • Café Coffee Day
    Cafe Coffee Day
    Café Coffee Day is a division of India's largest coffee conglomerate, Amalgamated Bean Coffee Trading Company Ltd. . ABCTCL grows coffee in its own estates of 10,000 acres . The land value of the plantations is US$250–300 million. It is the largest producer of Arabica beans in Asia...

    , a chain of coffee shops in India
  • Census county division
    Census County Division
    A Census County Division is a subdivision of a county used by the United States Census Bureau for the purpose of presenting statistical data. A CCD is a relatively permanent statistical area delineated cooperatively by the Census Bureau and state and local government authorities...

    , a term used by the United States Census Bureau
  • Centre Counter Defence, also known as the Scandinavian Defense
    Scandinavian Defense
    The Scandinavian Defense is a chess opening characterized by the moves:The Center Counter Defense is one of the oldest recorded openings, first recorded as being played between Francesco di Castellvi and Narciso Vinyoles in Valencia in 1475 in what may be the first recorded game of modern chess,...

    , a chess opening
  • Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway
    Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway
    The Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek District Railway was a standard gauge railroad operating in the U.S. state of Colorado around the turn of the 20th century.- History :...

  • Convention Centre Dublin - A convention centre on the Dublin Docklands
    Dublin Docklands
    Dublin Docklands is the area of the city of Dublin, Ireland, on both sides of the River Liffey, roughly from Talbot Memorial Bridge eastwards to the Point Depot.It is currently undergoing a large amount of development.-Projects:...

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