CDA
Encyclopedia
Associations
- Club de Deportes Antofagasta, is a Chilean football club based in the city of Antofagasta.
- Chinese Daoist AssociationChinese Daoist AssociationChinese Taoist Association , founded in April 1957, is the main association of Taoism in the People's Republic of China. It is recognized as one of the main religious associations in the People's Republic of China, and is overseen by the State Administration for Religious Affairs...
Industry Organisations
- Canadian Dental AssociationCanadian Dental AssociationThe Canadian Dental Association, also known as the Association dentaire canadienne in French was founded in 1902. It is a non-profit professional association representing Canada's 18,000 dentists...
, an association of dentists in Canada - Canadian Dinghy AssociationCanadian Dinghy AssociationThe Canadian Dinghy Association is the governing body of the International 14 class sailing in Canada. The major responsibilities of the CDA include organizing the racing schedule, and developing and promoting the fleet in Canada....
- College Democrats of America, the national organization that oversees the direction and day-to-day management of 1300 College Democrats chapters around the country
Political Parties and Lobbyists
- Christian Democratic Alliance (South Africa), political party
- Christian Democratic AppealChristian Democratic AppealThe Christian Democratic Appeal is a centre-right Dutch Christian democratic political party. It suffered severe losses in the 2010 elections and fell from the first to the fourth place...
, a political party of the Netherlands - Conservative Democratic AllianceConservative Democratic AllianceThe Conservative Democratic Alliance was a United Kingdom pressure group. The CDA referred to itself as the "authentic voice of conservatism"...
, a United Kingdom pressure group
Computing
- ".cda", a filename extension for a Compact Disc Audio trackCompact Disc Audio trackA CD Audio Track or .cda file is a small file generated by Microsoft Windows for each track on an audio CD . The file contains indexing information that programs can use to play or rip the disc...
- Cellular Digital AccessoryCellular Digital AccessoryA cellular digital accessory number identifies the software version and customization of a Mobile phone.Customization, among others, relates to operator-customized startup and shutdown videos, user greeting, web browser's home page and preinstalled bookmarks and also language packs that come...
, a means to identify the software version of a mobile phone - Clinical Document ArchitectureClinical Document ArchitectureThe HL7 Clinical Document Architecture is an XML-based markup standard intended to specify the encoding, structure and semantics of clinical documents for exchange.CDA is part of the HL7 version 3 standard...
, an HL7 authored health care documentation standard - Compress Da Audio, one of the earliest MP3 warezWarezWarez refers primarily to copyrighted works distributed without fees or royalties, and may be traded, in general violation of copyright law. The term generally refers to unauthorized releases by organized groups, as opposed to file sharing between friends or large groups of people with similar...
groups - Red Book (audio CD standard)Red Book (audio CD standard)Red Book is the standard for audio CDs . It is named after one of the Rainbow Books, a series of books that contain the technical specifications for all CD and CD-ROM formats.The first edition of the Red Book was released in 1980 by Philips and Sony; it was adopted by the Digital Audio Disc...
, Compact Disc Audio, the standard format for a CD
Education
- Central Delta AcademyCentral Delta AcademyCentral Delta Academy was a private school located in Inverness, Mississippi. The school closed on May 21, 2010. The school building was scheduled to be auctioned off in June of that year.The school located on U.S...
, a private school in MississippiMississippiMississippi is a U.S. state located in the Southern United States. Jackson is the state capital and largest city. The name of the state derives from the Mississippi River, which flows along its western boundary, whose name comes from the Ojibwe word misi-ziibi... - Certified Dental AssistantDental assistantDental assistants assist the dental operator provide more efficient dental treatment, by preparing the patient for treatment, sterilizing instruments, passing instruments during the procedure, holding a suction device, exposing dental radiographs, taking impressions, and fabricating provisional...
, A dental assistant that is certified in the United StatesUnited StatesThe United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. - Coram Deo AcademyCoram Deo AcademyCoram Deo Academy is a private school located in Flower Mound, Texas. It is a classical teaching school.-History:...
, a small private Christian school in Flower Mound, Texas
Government Agencies
- Capital Development AuthorityCapital Development AuthorityCapital Development Authority , is a public benefit corporation responsible for providing municipal services in the Islamabad city , established on June 14, 1960, first by an executive order issued on June 24, 1960 entitled the Pakistan Capital Regulation, to be superseded by the CDA ordinance...
, Islamabad, Pakistan - Combined Development AgencyCombined Development AgencyThe Combined Development Agency was a defense purchasing authority established in 1948 by the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom...
, a uranium purchasing authority run by the US and UK government from 1948
In Fiction
- Child Detection Agency, a fictional agency in the animated world of Pixar's Monsters, Inc.Monsters, Inc.Monsters, Inc. is a 2001 American computer-animated film and the fourth feature-length film produced by Pixar Animation Studios. It was directed by Pete Docter, co-directed by Lee Unkrich and David Silverman, and written by Jill Culton, Peter Docter, Ralph Eggleston, Dan Gerson, Jeff Pidgeon, Rhett...
Laws
- Crime and Disorder Act 1998Crime and Disorder Act 1998The Crime and Disorder Act 1998 is an Act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. The Act was published on 2 December 1997 and received Royal Assent in July 1998...
(c.37) - Communications Decency ActCommunications Decency ActThe Communications Decency Act of 1996 was the first notable attempt by the United States Congress to regulate pornographic material on the Internet. In 1997, in the landmark cyberlaw case of Reno v. ACLU, the United States Supreme Court struck the anti-indecency provisions of the Act.The Act was...
, a US law found partially unconstitutional - Confidential disclosure agreement
- Criminal defense attorney
- Child Development AssociateChild Development AssociateChild Development Associate credential is awarded in the United States to those who have completed a list of requirements, including 120 hours of training, set forth by the Council for Professional Recognition, and who have successfully passed the verification visit to work with Infants/Toddlers...
, the CDA Credential awarded to those in the Early Care & Education by The Council for Professional Recognition to work with Infants, Toddlers, or Preschoolers
Science
- Cda, the abbreviation for the orchid genus CochliodaCochliodaCochlioda, abbreviated Cda. in the horticultural trade, is a genus of orchids. It consists of more than 10 species, native to Peru, Ecuador and Bolivia....
- Clean Dry Air, air that has been filtered and dehumidified to remove particulates and moisture so that it can be safely used in pneumatic devices or systems
- Continuous Descent ApproachContinuous Descent ApproachContinuous Descent Approach or Optimized Profile Descent is a method by which aircraft approach airports prior to landing. It is designed to reduce fuel consumption and noise compared to certain conventional approaches and involves maintaining a constant three degree descent angle during landing,...
is an aircraft approach method designed to reduce fuel burn and noise - The Cosmic Dust Analyser in the Cassini-HuygensCassini-HuygensCassini–Huygens is a joint NASA/ESA/ASI spacecraft mission studying the planet Saturn and its many natural satellites since 2004. Launched in 1997 after nearly two decades of gestation, it includes a Saturn orbiter and an atmospheric probe/lander for the moon Titan, although it has also returned...
spacecraft
Chemistry
- Chiral derivitizing agentChiral Derivitizing AgentA chiral derivatizing agent also known as a chiral resolving reagent, is a chiral auxiliary which can convert a mixture of enantiomers into diastereomers in order to analyse the quantities of each enantiomer present within the mix...
, a type of chemical designed to react with enantiomers to indicate the enantiopurity - Completely denatured alcohol, the most heavily denatured alcohol
- Controlled Droplet Application: a concept in pesticide applicationPesticide applicationPesticide application refers to the practical way in which pesticides, are delivered to their biological targets...
Medicine
- Chlorproguanil hydrochloride-dapsone-artesunateChlorproguanil hydrochloride-dapsone-artesunateChlorproguanil-dapsone-artesunate is a new antimalarial treatment that entered Phase III clinical trials in 2006.It consists of chlorproguanil hydrochloride, dapsone, and artesunate. ....
, an antimalarial drug that entered Phase III clinical trials in 2006 - Congenital Developmental Abnormality/Abnormalities
- Congenital Dyserythropoietic AnemiaCongenital dyserythropoietic anemiaCongenital dyserythropoietic anemia is a rare blood disorder, similar to the thalassemias. CDA is one of many types of anemia, characterized by ineffective erythropoiesis, and resulting from a decrease in the number of red blood cells in the body and a less than normal quantity of hemoglobin in...
, a rare hematologic blood condition - Cytidine deaminase, an enzyme
Other
- Coeur d'Alene (disambiguation), multiple meanings
- Critical discourse analysisCritical discourse analysisCritical discourse analysis is an interdisciplinary approach to the study of discourse that views language as a form of social practice and focuses on the ways social and political domination are visible in text and talk....
, a sociopolitically oriented approach within Discourse Analysis