C

CAB (cabinet file)

CAM (common access method)

CAM ATA (Common Access Method AT Attachment)

CAP (carrierless amplitude/phase)

CAS (column address strobe)

CAT (category)

CATV (community access television)

CCITT (Comite Consultatif International Telephonique et Telegraphique)

CD (compact disc)

CD-DA (compact disc digital audio)

CD-MO (compact disc magneto-optical)

CD-R (compact disc-recordable)

CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory)

CD-RW (compact disc-rewritable)

CDMA (code-division multiple access)

CDSL (consumer DSL)

CERN (Organisation Europèen pour la Recherche Nuclèaire, or European Organization for Nuclear Research)

CF (compact flash)

CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)

CGA (color graphics adapter)

CHAP (Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol)

CHS (cylinder head sector)

CIRC (cross-interleave Reed-Solomon code)

CISC (complex instruction set computer)

CLKMUL (clock multiplier)

CLV (constant linear velocity)

CMYK (cyan magenta yellow black)

CNR (Communications and Networking Riser)

COC (chip on ceramic)

CPU (central processing unit)

CRC (cyclical redundancy checking)

CRT (cathode-ray tube)

CS (cable select)

CS (central switch)

CSA (Canadian Standards Agency)

CSEL (cable select)

CSMA/CD (carrier sense multiple access/collision detect)

CSS (contact start stop)

CSS (content scramble system)

CTFT (color thin film transistor)