Cal
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Cal may refer to:
CAL may refer to:
- CAL Actor LanguageCAL Actor LanguageCAL is a high-level programming language for writing actors, which are stateful operators that transform input streams of data objects into output streams. CAL has been compiled to a variety of target platforms, including single-core processors, multicore processors, and programmable hardware...
, a dataflow language used within MPEG Reconfigurable Video Coding group to describe MPEG video decoders - Client Access LicenseClient Access LicenseA Client Access License is a proprietary software license distributed by software companies such as Microsoft to allow clients to connect to its server software and use the software's services.-Software licensing introduction:...
, a proprietary software license distributed by software companies such as Microsoft to allow clients to connect to its server software and use the software's services. - cal (Unix)Cal (Unix)' is a standard program on Unix and Unix-like operating systems that prints an ASCII calendar of the given month or year. If the user does not specify any command-line options, cal will print a calendar of the current month.- Examples : $ cal...
, a standard program on Unix that prints an ASCII calendar of the given month or year - Cal (novel)Cal (novel)Cal is a 1983 novel by Bernard MacLaverty, detailing the experiences of a young Irish Catholic involved with the IRA.-Plot summary:One of the major themes of the novel is the way in which the title character attempts to come to terms with taking part in the murder of a reserve police officer by his...
, a 1983 novel by Bernard MacLaverty, about a young Irish Catholic named Cal involved with the IRA - "Cal" (short story), a science fiction short story by Isaac Asimov
- Cal (film)Cal (film)Cal is a 1984 British drama film directed by Pat O'Connor, and starring John Lynch and Helen Mirren. Based on the novella Cal written by Bernard MacLaverty who also wrote the script, the film was entered into the 1984 Cannes Film Festival, where Helen Mirren won the award for Best Actress.-Plot:Cal...
, a 1984 film based on a novel written by Bernard MacLaverty who also wrote the script - ÇalÇalÇal is a town and a district of Denizli Province in the inner Aegean region of Turkey. Çal district area occupies a central position in the northern part of its province and neighbors the central district of Denizli to the south-west and the district areas of Güney to the west and Honaz to the south...
, a district (and town as its center) in Denizli Province in southwest Turkey renowned for its Çalkarası grapes and wines - CalantheCalantheCalanthe – commonly abbreviated Cal. in horticulture – is a widespread genus of terrestrial orchids with some 170 species.The genus is divided into 2 groups – deciduous species and evergreen ones...
, an orchid genus - Calcium hydroxideCalcium hydroxideCalcium hydroxide, traditionally called slaked lime, is an inorganic compound with the chemical formula Ca2. It is a colourless crystal or white powder and is obtained when calcium oxide is mixed, or "slaked" with water. It has many names including hydrated lime, builders lime, slack lime, cal, or...
, the "lime" or "cal" used to make corn into "nixtamal" in Native American and Mesoamerican cooking (cal -muerta- in Spanish) - caliberCaliberIn guns including firearms, caliber or calibre is the approximate internal diameter of the barrel in relation to the diameter of the projectile used in it....
, a measurement of the interior diameter of a tube, often in reference to rifles or pistols - CaliforniaCaliforniaCalifornia 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- Cal LookCal LookA Cal looker is any aircooled Volkswagen that has been modified in a style that originated in California in the late 1960s.- Common modifications:...
, any aircooled Volkwagen that has been modified in a style that originated in California in the late 1960s - Cal YachtsCal YachtsCal Yachts was a manufacturer of performance oriented fiberglass sailboats from the 1960s to the 1980s. The Costa Mesa, California, headquartered company was founded in 1957, among the earliest of all-fiberglass, mass-production sailboat builders...
, originally the Jensen Marine Corporation, founded in 1957 - University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, nicknamed Cal, the oldest and flagship campus of the ten-campus University of California system
- Cal Look
- calorieCalorieThe calorie is a pre-SI metric unit of energy. It was first defined by Nicolas Clément in 1824 as a unit of heat, entering French and English dictionaries between 1841 and 1867. In most fields its use is archaic, having been replaced by the SI unit of energy, the joule...
, unit of energy - Music from 'Cal'Music from 'Cal'Cal is a 1984 soundtrack album by Mark Knopfler for the film Cal, produced by David Puttnam, who also produced the film Local Hero.-Track listing:# "Irish Boy" # "The Road" # "Waiting for Her" # "Irish Love"...
, Mark Knopfler's soundtrack album for the 1984 film Cal - Carolinian languageCarolinian languageCarolinian is an Austronesian language spoken in the Northern Mariana Islands, where it is an official language along with English and Chamorro. Spoken mostly by the Carolinian people, Carolinian is most closely related to Satawalese, Woleaian, and Puluwatese...
ISO 639-3 code
CAL may refer to:
- Café au lait spotCafé au lait spotCafé au lait spots or Café au lait macules are pigmented birthmarks. The name café au lait is French for "milky coffee" and refers to their light-brown color...
, a pigmented birthmark - Cakewalk Application Language (CAL), a scripting language used with CakewalkCakewalk (sequencer)Cakewalk was a MIDI sequencer developed by Twelve Tone Systems, Inc. originally for DOS, starting with version Cakewalk 1.0 in 1987, and beginning in 1991, for Windows 3.0. Cakewalk for DOS, up until version 4.0, required an MPU-401 MIDI interface card operating in intelligent mode, while later...
Pro Audio software - CAL Cargo Air LinesCAL Cargo Air LinesCAL Cargo Air Lines is a cargo airline based in Tel Aviv, Israel which operates scheduled cargo flights carrying perishable goods and general cargo to Europe and the rest of the world. Its main base is Ben Gurion International Airport, Tel Aviv, and it has a hub at Liège Airport...
, a cargo airline based in Israel - CAL (Joss family), programming language
- CAL (Quark Framework), programming language
- CAL (software) (Command Application Launcher), an application launcher for Microsoft Windows
- ClearCase Automation Library, a programming interface of IBM Rational ClearCase
- University of California, BerkeleyUniversity of California, BerkeleyThe University of California, Berkeley , is a teaching and research university established in 1868 and located in Berkeley, California, USA...
, a public University in California - Calipatria State PrisonCalipatria State PrisonCalipatria State Prison is a male-only state prison located in the city of Calipatria, in Imperial County, California.-Facilities:Although located about from the center of Calipatria, the prison is within the city limits. Called the lowest prison in the Western Hemisphere, it lies below sea level...
in California, United States - Campbeltown AirportCampbeltown AirportCampbeltown Airport is located at Machrihanish, west of Campbeltown, near the tip of the Kintyre peninsula in Argyll and Bute on the west coast of Scotland...
, IATA airport code - Cape-Atlantic LeagueCape-Atlantic LeagueThe Cape-Atlantic League is an athletic conference consisting of both parochial and public high schools located in Atlantic County, Cape May County, Cumberland County, and Gloucester County, New Jersey. The Cape-Atlantic League operates under the aegis of the New Jersey State Interscholastic...
, a high school athletic conference in New Jersey, United States - Capital allocation lineCapital allocation lineCapital allocation line is a graph created by investors to measure the risk of risky and risk-free assets. The graph displays to the investors on the return they can make by taking on a certain level of risk...
, a graph created by investors to measure the risk of risky and risk-free assets - Center for Applied LinguisticsCenter for Applied LinguisticsThe Center for Applied Linguistics is a private, nonprofit organization that describes its mission as “working to improve communication through better understanding of language and culture”...
, a non-profit organization that researches language and culture - Center for Army Leadership, a subordinate organization of the U.S. Army Combined Arms Center
- Cercle artistique de LuxembourgCercle artistique de LuxembourgThe Cercle artistique de Luxembourg or CAL, founded in 1893 as Cercle artistique luxembourgeois, is an association which brings together artists of all types with a view to supporting artistic work and art education in the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg....
, an artist association in Luxembourg - China AirlinesChina AirlinesChina Airlines is both the flag carrier and the largest airline of Republic of China . Although not directly state-owned, the airline is owned by China Airlines Group, which is owned by the China Aviation Development Foundation...
, ICAO airline code - Chronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary diseaseChronic obstructive pulmonary disease , also known as chronic obstructive lung disease , chronic obstructive airway disease , chronic airflow limitation and chronic obstructive respiratory disease , is the co-occurrence of chronic bronchitis and emphysema, a pair of commonly co-existing diseases...
, also known as "chronic airway limitation" (CAL) - Client Access LicenseClient Access LicenseA Client Access License is a proprietary software license distributed by software companies such as Microsoft to allow clients to connect to its server software and use the software's services.-Software licensing introduction:...
, operating systems and software licence scheme - Continental AirlinesContinental AirlinesContinental Airlines was a major American airline now merged with United Airlines. On May 3, 2010, Continental Airlines, Inc. and UAL, Inc. announced a merger via a stock swap, and on October 1, 2010, the merger closed and UAL changed its name to United Continental Holdings, Inc...
, an American airline with the New York Stock Exchange symbol of "CAL" - Copyright Agency LtdCopyright Agency LtdCopyright Agency Ltd is an Australian company incorporated under the Corporations Code for the purpose of providing institutions, especially educational institutions the use of copyright material, in print or electronic form....
, an Australian copyright agency principally aimed at allowing educational institutions to use copyright material for educational purposes at a single annual cost - Cyberathlete Amateur League, online electronic sports league
- Electronic learning, also called "computer-assisted learning" or "computer aided learning"
- FN CALFN CALThe CAL was a Belgian weapon manufactured by Fabrique Nationale. It was the first 5.56 mm rifle produced by the Fabrique Nationale. It resembled the company's highly successful FN FAL, but was an original design...
, a Belgian assault rifle made by Fabrique Nationale - Charlotte Abigail Lux, a character, mostly referred to by her initials, in the Doctor Who episodes "Silence in the LibrarySilence in the Library"Silence in the Library" is the eighth episode of the fourth series of the revived British science fiction television series Doctor Who, first broadcast on 31 May 2008. It is the first of a two-part story, followed by "Forest of the Dead", and is the second two-parter Steven Moffat contributed to...
" and "Forest of the DeadForest of the Dead"Forest of the Dead" is the ninth episode of the fourth series of British science fiction television series Doctor Who. It was first broadcast by BBC One on 7 June 2008...
" - Cincinnati Academic League (GCAL), a high school quiz bowl league
- Cray Assembly Language
Other
- 40 Cal.40 Cal.Calvin Alan Byrd is an American rapper better known as 40 Cal. He is a member of Harlem based Hip-Hop group The Diplomats.40 Cal made his first appearance on the self titled theme song, "40 Cal" for the Dipset album Diplomatic Immunity 2...
, a rapper from Harlem, born Calvin Alan Byrd in New York City, United States - Judge CalJudge CalChief Judge Cal is a fictional character in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD. He was loosely based on the real life Roman emperor Caligula, who is widely considered to have been insane...
, a fictional character in the Judge Dredd comic strip in 2000 AD
See also
- Calvin (disambiguation)
- Cal Air International, an airline based in the United Kingdom, began as the charter arm of British CaledonianBritish CaledonianBritish Caledonian was a private, British independentindependent from government-owned corporations airline, operating out of Gatwick Airport in the 1970s and 1980s...
. - Caribbean AirlinesCaribbean AirlinesCaribbean Airlines Limited operating as Caribbean Airlines is the national airline of Trinidad and Tobago. The airline is also flag carrier to Jamaica through its subsidiary, Caribbean Airlines-Air Jamaica Transition Limited or Air Jamaica....
, the national airlines of Trinidad and Tobago and Jamacia