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 (Conseil Europ en pour la Recherche Nucl aire, or European Organisation 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 )