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Terms

  • Cost of capital
    Cost of capital
    The cost of capital is a term used in the field of financial investment to refer to the cost of a company's funds , or, from an investor's point of view "the shareholder's required return on a portfolio of all the company's existing securities"...

    , an investment principal
  • Certificate of Compliance, Certificate of Conformity.
  • Circle of confusion
    Circle of confusion
    In optics, a circle of confusion is an optical spot caused by a cone of light rays from a lens not coming to a perfect focus when imaging a point source...

     - the optical term for a blurred spot which is the image of an out-of-focus point source.
  • Cleveland open cup method
    Cleveland open cup method
    The Cleveland open-cup method is one of three main methods in chemistry for determining the flash point of a petroleum product using a Cleveland open-cup apparatus, also known as a Cleveland open-cup tester. First, the test cup of the apparatus is filled to a certain level with a portion of the...

     - a method used in chemistry for determining a substance's flashpoint.

Organizations

  • Canadian Olympic Committee
    Canadian Olympic Committee
    The Canadian Olympic Committee - COC is the private, non-profit organization representing Canadian athletes in the International Olympic Committee and the Pan American Games. It was formally recognized by the IOC in 1907. The COC also represents the selection of Canadian cities in their bid for...

     - The private, non-profit organization representing Canadian athletes in the International Olympic Committee
    International Olympic Committee
    The International Olympic Committee is an international corporation based in Lausanne, Switzerland, created by Pierre de Coubertin on 23 June 1894 with Demetrios Vikelas as its first president...

     and the Pan American Games
    Pan American Games
    The Pan-American or Pan American Games are a major event in the Americas featuring summer and formerly winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Pan American Games are the second largest multi-sport event after the Summer Olympics...

    .
  • Canadian Opera Company
    Canadian Opera Company
    The Canadian Opera Company is an opera company in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest opera company in Canada and the third largest producer of opera in North America. The COC performs in its own opera house, the Four Seasons Centre for the Performing Arts.-History:For 40 years until...

     - the Toronto
    Toronto
    Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...

    -based opera company
  • Center of Concern - "a Catholic organization working in collaboration with ecumenical and interfaith networks to bring a prophetic voice for social and economic justice to a global context."
  • Chinese Olympic Committee
    Chinese Olympic Committee
    Chinese Olympic Committee represents the People's Republic of China in international affairs related to the Olympic Movement.-Timeline concerning Olympic recognition:...

     - represents People's Republic of China
    People's Republic of China
    China , officially the People's Republic of China , is the most populous country in the world, with over 1.3 billion citizens. Located in East Asia, the country covers approximately 9.6 million square kilometres...

     in handling international affairs related to the Olympic Movement.
  • Christian Outreach Centre
    Christian Outreach Centre
    Christian Outreach Centre is an international movement of churches founded in 1974 by former Methodist minister Clark Taylor.-History:...

     - An international Pentecostal denomination.
  • Christian Outreach College (disambiguation) - Two Australian Christian
    Christian
    A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, an Abrahamic, monotheistic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the Canonical gospels and the letters of the New Testament...

     schools.
  • COC
    COC Nederland
    COC Nederland is a Dutch organization for LGBT men and women. COC originally stood for Cultuur en Ontspanningscentrum , which was intended as a "cover" name for its real purpose...

     is the Dutch acronym ("Center for Culture and Recreation") for the earliest homophile
    Homophile
    The word homophile is an alternative to the word for homosexual or gay. The homophile movement also refers to the gay rights movement of the 1950s and '60s....

     organisation, founded in 1946.
  • United States Chamber of Commerce
    United States Chamber of Commerce
    The United States Chamber of Commerce is an American lobbying group representing the interests of many businesses and trade associations. It is not an agency of the United States government....

     - An American business federation
  • The Company of Chivalry
    The Company of Chivalry
    The Company of Chivalry is a living history group portraying a Military Company in the age of Edward III , under the command of Sir Thomas Hungerford The Company of Chivalry is a living history group portraying a Military Company in the age of Edward III (13 November 1312 – 21 June 1377), under...

    . An historical reenactment
    Historical reenactment
    Historical reenactment is an educational activity in which participants attempt torecreate some aspects of a historical event or period. This may be as narrow as a specific moment from a battle, such as the reenactment of Pickett's Charge at the Great Reunion of 1913, or as broad as an entire...

     group.
  • Consortium of Consortia, the organization now known as the International Coalition of Library Consortia
    International Coalition of Library Consortia
    The International Coalition of Library Consortia is an informal, self-organized group of primarily higher-education library consortia from around the world for the discussion of issues of common interest among the consortia members....

  • Corporation of Chennai, the civic agency in the city of Chennai
    Chennai
    Chennai , formerly known as Madras or Madarasapatinam , is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu, located on the Coromandel Coast off the Bay of Bengal. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the sixth most populous city in India...

    , India
    India
    India , officially the Republic of India , is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.2 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world...

    .
  • Council of Canadians - a citizen's organization originally founded to oppose the Canada-U.S. Free Trade Agreement
  • Croatian Olympic Committee
    Croatian Olympic Committee
    The Croatian Olympic Committee is the non-profit organization representing Croatian athletes in the International Olympic Committee. The COC organizes Croatia's representatives at the Summer and Winter Olympic Games. It also organizes the Croatian contingent at smaller events such as the...

     - The non-profit organization representing Croatian athletes in the International Olympic Committee.
  • Code of conduct
    Code of Conduct
    A code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the responsibilities of or proper practices for an individual, party or organization. Related concepts include ethical codes and honor codes....

     - organizations rules and regulations

Music

  • Children of the Corn
    Children of the Corn (band)
    Children of the Corn was a hip-hop group formed in the early 1990s consisting of neighborhood friends/Harlem rappers Mase , Big L, Cam'ron , Herb McGruff and Bloodshed...

     - hip hop group composed of Cam'ron
    Cam'ron
    Cameron Giles , better known by his stage name Cam'ron or "Killa Cam", is a Grammy-nominated American actor. He is the founder of the hip-hop group The Diplomats , and also of The U.N. group....

    , Big L
    Big L
    Big L may refer to:* Lamont Coleman , better know by Big L, American hip-hop artist.Or a number of British radio stations:*Big L 1395, a British radio station.*Radio Luxembourg's English-language progammes ....

    , Bloodshed and Herb McGruff
  • Carnival of Carnage
    Carnival of Carnage
    Carnival of Carnage is the debut album by American hip hop group Insane Clown Posse, released on October 18, 1992, by Psychopathic Records. Recording sessions for the album took place from 1991 to 1992 at Miller Midi Productions and The Tempermill Studio. The album is the first Joker's Card in the...

    , an album by horrorcore hip-hop duo, the Insane Clown Posse
    Insane Clown Posse
    Insane Clown Posse is an American hip hop duo from Detroit, Michigan. The group is composed of Joseph Bruce and Joseph Utsler, who perform under the respective personas of the "wicked clowns" Violent J and Shaggy 2 Dope. Insane Clown Posse performs a style of hardcore hip hop known as horrorcore...

  • City Of Caterpillar
    City of Caterpillar
    City of Caterpillar was an American band, from Richmond, Virginia. They released a split with pg. 99, a full length album, and an album-length compilation of their demo and some live tracks....

     - An Emo/Screamo band
  • Corrosion of Conformity
    Corrosion of Conformity
    Corrosion of Conformity is an American heavy metal band from Raleigh, North Carolina formed in 1982. For almost the majority of its existence, the band has consisted of guitarist Woody Weatherman, bassist Mike Dean , drummer Reed Mullin and vocalist and rhythm...

     - A heavy metal band from the American South.

Other

  • The "Call of Cthulhu" role-playing game
    Call of Cthulhu (role-playing game)
    Call of Cthulhu is a horror fiction role-playing game based on H. P. Lovecraft's story of the same name and the associated Cthulhu Mythos.The game, often abbreviated as CoC, is published by Chaosium.-Setting:...

  • Captains of Crush Grippers
    Captains of Crush Grippers
    Captains of Crush Grippers are a brand of torsion-spring grippers designed, manufactured and sold by IronMind Enterprises, Inc., based in Nevada City, California...

     - A brand of torsion-spring grippers
    Grippers
    Grippers, sometimes called hand grippers, are primarily used for testing and increasing the strength of the hands; this specific form of grip strength has been called crushing grip, which has been defined as meaning the prime movers are the four fingers, rather than the thumb.There are differences...

  • Chain of command
    Chain of Command
    Chain of Command may refer to:* Chain of command, in a military context, the line of authority and responsibility along which orders are passed* "Chain of Command" , the fifth episode of the first season of Beast Wars...

     - military line of authority and responsibility along which orders are passed.
  • Commandant of Cadets - Head faculty position responsible for cadet training within an ROTC or at any federal military academy
    United States federal academies
    There are eight federal academies run by the United States government.Five are military academies:* United States Military Academy, also known as "West Point" and "Army", founded 1802...

  • Chain of Command (disambiguation)
    Chain of command (disambiguation)
    Chain of command is the line of authority and responsibility along which orders are passed within a military unit and between different units.Chain of command may also refer to:...

    , various
  • Chip on chip, an extension of surface-mount technology
    Surface-mount technology
    Surface mount technology is a method for constructing electronic circuits in which the components are mounted directly onto the surface of printed circuit boards . An electronic device so made is called a surface mount device...

    .
  • Church of Christ
    Church of Christ
    Churches of Christ are autonomous Christian congregations associated with one another through common beliefs and practices. They seek to base doctrine and practice on the Bible alone, and seek to be New Testament congregations as originally established by the authority of Christ. Historically,...

  • Combined Oral Contraceptive Pill, a medical method of birth control
    Birth control
    Birth control is an umbrella term for several techniques and methods used to prevent fertilization or to interrupt pregnancy at various stages. Birth control techniques and methods include contraception , contragestion and abortion...

  • Code of Conduct
    Code of Conduct
    A code of conduct is a set of rules outlining the responsibilities of or proper practices for an individual, party or organization. Related concepts include ethical codes and honor codes....

     - Code of conduct. Also used in Internet as Netiquette
    Netiquette
    Netiquette is a set of social conventions that facilitate interaction over networks, ranging from Usenet and mailing lists to blogs and forums. These rules were described in IETF RFC 1855. However, like many Internet phenomena, the concept and its application remain in a state of flux, and vary...

    .
  • College of the Canyons
    College of the Canyons
    College of the Canyons is a public two-year community college that operates within the Santa Clarita Community College District. The college is located on of rolling, tree-dotted hills in the incorporated city of Santa Clarita in northern Los Angeles County, California. The college’s address is:...

     - A two-year community college located in Santa Clarita, California
    Santa Clarita, California
    Santa Clarita is the fourth largest city in Los Angeles County, California, United States and the twenty-fourth largest city in the state of California. The 2010 US Census reported the city's population grew 16.7% from the year 2000 to 176,320 residents. It is located about northwest of downtown...

    .
  • College of Computing
    Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing
    The College of Computing at the Georgia Institute of Technology has roots stretching back to an Information Science degree established in 1964. In 1988, Georgia Tech president John Patrick Crecine elevated the School of Information and Computer Science to become the College of Computing, making...

     at the Georgia Institute of Technology (abbreviated CoC).
  • Cleveland open cup - A method in chemistry for determining the flash point
    Flash point
    The flash point of a volatile material is the lowest temperature at which it can vaporize to form an ignitable mixture in air. Measuring a flash point requires an ignition source...

     of a volatile liquid.
  • Consensus over Credentials, a Wikipedia principle
  • Corcoran (Amtrak station)
    Corcoran (Amtrak station)
    Corcoran Station is an unstaffed Amtrak train station in Corcoran, California. It replaced a former station demolished in 1998.Of the 73 California stations served by Amtrak, Corcoran was the 44th-busiest in FY2010, boarding or detraining an average of approximately 75 passengers daily.-External...

    , California
    California
    California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

    , United States
    United States
    The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

    ; Amtrak
    Amtrak
    The National Railroad Passenger Corporation, doing business as Amtrak , is a government-owned corporation that was organized on May 1, 1971, to provide intercity passenger train service in the United States. "Amtrak" is a portmanteau of the words "America" and "track". It is headquartered at Union...

     station code COC.
  • Cup of China
    Cup of China
    The Cup of China is an international, senior-level figure skating competition held as part of the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating series. The location changes yearly. Figure skaters compete in the disciplines of ladies' singles, men's singles, pair skating, and ice dancing.The Cup of China is...

    , a figure skater competition.
  • Cyclic Olefin Copolymer
    Cyclic Olefin Copolymer
    Cyclic Olefin Copolymer is an amorphous polymer made by several polymer manufacturers. COC is a relatively new class of polymers when compared to polypropylene and polyethylene...

     - Chemical name for a plastic engineering resin.
  • Company Owned Car (India)
  • Chemicals of concern
  • Calculus of constructions
    Calculus of constructions
    The calculus of constructions is a formal language in which both computer programs and mathematical proofs can be expressed. This language forms the basis of theory behind the Coq proof assistant, which implements the derivative calculus of inductive constructions.-General traits:The CoC is a...

     - A formal language in which both computer programs and mathematical proofs can be expressed.
  • FIS Ski Jumping Continental Cup
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