| C |
Celsius (centigrade); chronometer time; compass (direction); correction; course, course angle; can; cylindrical; cove. |
| C2C |
Consumer to Consumer |
| CABE |
Central Advisory Board of Education |
| CAD |
Command Area Development |
| CADA |
Command Area Development Authority |
| CAG |
Comptroller and Auditor General of India |
| CAGR |
Compounded annual growth rate |
| CALM |
catenary anchor leg mooring. |
| CAN |
Calcium Ammonium Nitrate |
| Cantab |
Cantabrigian (Cambridge University) |
| CAS |
Conditional Access System |
| CAT |
Career Aptitude Test; Common Admission Test; Computerized Axial Tomo-graphy; Computer Adaptive Test |
| CATI |
computer-assisted telephone interviews |
| CB |
compass bearing. |
| CBDR |
constant bearing, decreasing range. |
| CBDT |
Central Board of Direct Taxes |
| CBFC |
Central Board of Film Certification |
| CBR |
chemical, biological, and radiological |
| CBSE |
Central board of Secondary Education |
| CC |
compass course; chronometer correction. |
| CCA |
City Compensatory Allowance |
| CCEA |
Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs |
| CCIR |
International Radio Consultative Committee. |
| CCU |
Consultative Committee for Units of the International Committee of Weights and Measures (CIPM). |
| CCZ |
Coastal Confluence Zone. |
| CD |
chart datum. |
| cd |
candela, candelas. |
| CDA |
Central Dearness Allowance |
| CDAC |
Centre for the Development of Advanced Computing |
| CD-ROM |
compact disk-read only memory. |
| CE |
chronometer error- compass error. |
| cec |
centicycle. |
| cel |
centilane. |
| CENVAT |
Central Value Added Tax |
| CEO |
Chief Executive Officer |
| CEP |
circular probable error. |
| CERE |
Central Electricity Regulatory Commission |
| CERF |
Civil Engineering Research Foundation |
| CES |
coast earth station. |
| CETPs |
Common Effluent Treatment Plants |
| cf |
compare; refer |
| CFC |
Chloro fluoro Carbon; Common Fund for Commodities |
| CFL |
Compact Fluorescent Lamps |
| CFO |
Chief Financial Officer |
| CFR |
Code of Federal Regulations. |
| CG |
Coast Guard. |
| CGFNS |
Commission on graduates of Foreign Nursing Schools |
| CGIE |
General Council of Italians Abroad |
| CGPA |
Cumulative Grade Point Average |
| CGPM |
General Conference of Weights and Measures. |
| CGR |
Compounded Growth Rate |
| CGS |
Chief of General Staff; Centimetre, Gram, Second |
| CH |
compass heading. |
| CIA |
Central Intelligence Agency |
| CIC |
Central Information Commission |
| CID |
Criminal Investigation Department |
| CIDCO |
City and Industrial Development Corporation Limited |
| cif |
cost, insurance and freight |
| CII |
Confederation of Indian Industry |
| C-in-C |
Commander-in-chief |
| CIPM |
International Committee of Weights and Measures. |
| CIS |
Commonwealth of Independent Status |
| CISCE |
Council for the Indian School Certificate Examination |
| CITU |
Centre of indian Trade Unions |
| CKD |
Completely Knocked Down |
| Cl |
clearance. |
| CLR |
Computerisation of Land Records |
| cm |
centimeter(s). |
| CMB |
confidence Building Measures |
| CMD |
Chairman-cum-Managing Director |
| CMG |
course made good. |
| CMI |
Central Mining Institute |
| CMIE |
Centre for Monitoring the Indian Economy |
| CMP |
Common Minimum Program |
| CMPS |
Cotton Monopoly Procurement Schemes |
| Cn |
course (as distinguished from course angle). |
| CNG |
Compressed Natural Gas |
| CNN |
Cable News Network |
| CO |
Commanding Officer |
| co |
the complement of (90° minus). |
| co |
coral. |
| COA |
course of advance. |
| COD |
Cash on delivery |
| COE |
Committee on ECDIS (IHO). |
| COFEPOSA |
Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smugling Act |
| COG |
course over ground. |
| coL |
colatitude. |
| colog |
cologarithm. |
| COMITE |
The Committee of Italians Abroad |
| COO |
Chief Operating Officer |
| COPD |
Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| COPRA |
Consumer Protection Act |
| corr. |
correction. |
| cos |
cosine. |
| COSTFORD |
Centre of Science and Technology for Rural Development |
| cot |
cotangent. |
| cov |
coversine. |
| COWDEP |
Comprehensive Watershed Development Programme |
| Cp stg c |
course per steering compass. |
| CPA |
closest point of approach. |
| CPC |
Central Pay Commission |
| CPCB |
Central Pollution Control Board |
| CPE |
circular probable error. |
| Cpgc |
course per gyrocompass. |
| CPI |
Consumer Price Index |
| CPIAL |
Consumer Price Index For Agriculture Labourer |
| CPIM |
Communist Party of India Marxit |
| CPR |
Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation |
| CPS |
Cash Based Profit Sharing |
| cps |
cycles per second. |
| Cpsc |
course per standard compass. |
| CPSE |
Central Public Sector Enterprises |
| CPU |
central processing unit. |
| CPWD |
Central Public Works Department |
| CRD |
Centre for Research and Development |
| CRISIL |
Credit Rating Information services of India Ltd. |
| CRR |
Cash Reserve Ratio |
| crs |
course. |
| CRT |
cathode-ray tube. |
| CRY |
Child Relief and You |
| csc |
cosecant. |
| CSF |
Cooperative Sugar Factories |
| CSIR |
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research |
| CSO |
Central Statistical Organisation |
| CST |
Central Sales Tax |
| CTBT |
Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty |
| CTC |
Cost to the Company |
| CTE |
coefficients of thermal expansion |
| cup |
cupola. |
| Cus Ho |
customs house. |
| CVC |
Chief Vigilance Commission |
| CW |
continuous wave. |
| CWC |
Chemical Weapons Convention, congress Working committee |
| CZM |
Coastal Zone Management |
| CZn |
compass azimuth. |
