CSA
Encyclopedia
Agriculture, Farming, and Food
- Community Supported Agriculture
- Community Shared Agriculture
Politics, Administration and Military
- Confederate States of AmericaConfederate States of AmericaThe Confederate States of America was a government set up from 1861 to 1865 by 11 Southern slave states of the United States of America that had declared their secession from the U.S...
- Canadian Securities AdministratorsCanadian Securities AdministratorsThe Canadian Securities Administrators is an association of provincial and territorial securities regulators in Canada.-List of securities regulators:* BC: British Columbia Securities Commission*: jointly regulates the TSX Venture Exchange...
- Canadian Space Agency
- Canadian Standards AssociationCanadian Standards AssociationThe Canadian Standards Association, also known as the CSA, is a not-for-profit Standards organization with the stated aim of developing standards for use in 57 different areas of specialisation...
- Central Statistical AgencyCentral Statistical Agency (Ethiopia)The Central Statistical Agency is an agency of the government of Ethiopia designated to provide all surveys and censuses for that country used to monitor economic and social growth, as well as to act as an official training center in that field. It is part of the Ethiopian Ministry of Finance and...
of Ethiopia - Central des Syndicats Autonomes du Bénin (Autonomous Trade Unions Centre) - a trade union centre in Benin
- Chief of Staff of the United States ArmyChief of Staff of the United States ArmyThe Chief of Staff of the Army is a statutory office held by a four-star general in the United States Army, and is the most senior uniformed officer assigned to serve in the Department of the Army, and as such is the principal military advisor and a deputy to the Secretary of the Army; and is in...
- Civil Service AssociationCivil Service AssociationThe Civil Service Association is a former trade union in Trinidad and Tobago which changed its name in 1971 to the Public Services Association...
– a former trade union in Trinidad and Tobago - Civil Services Academy LahoreCivil Services Academy LahoreSituated in Lahore, Pakistan the Civil Services Academy Lahore was established in 1948 for the training of fresh entrants to the Pakistan Administrative Services and was originally called Pakistan Administrative Services Academy...
- Combined Statistical AreaCombined Statistical AreaThe United States Office of Management and Budget defines micropolitan and metropolitan statistical areas. Metropolitan and micropolitan statistical areas consist of one or more counties...
defined by the United States Office of Management and BudgetUnited States Office of Management and BudgetThe Office of Management and Budget is a Cabinet-level office, and is the largest office within the Executive Office of the President of the United States .The current OMB Director is Jacob Lew.-History:... - Community-supported agricultureCommunity-supported agricultureCommunity-supported agriculture, a form of an alternative food network, is a socio-economic model of agriculture and food distribution. A CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farming operation where the growers and consumers share the risks and benefits of food...
- Confederate States ArmyConfederate States ArmyThe Confederate States Army was the army of the Confederate States of America while the Confederacy existed during the American Civil War. On February 8, 1861, delegates from the seven Deep South states which had already declared their secession from the United States of America adopted the...
- Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuelConseil supérieur de l'audiovisuelThe Conseil supérieur de l'audiovisuel is a French institution, created in 1989, whose role is to regulate the various electronic media in France, such as radio and television, including through eventual censorship...
– a French public institution which monitors the content of TV and radio networks - Controlled Substances ActControlled Substances ActThe Controlled Substances Act was enacted into law by the Congress of the United States as Title II of the Comprehensive Drug Abuse Prevention and Control Act of 1970. The CSA is the federal U.S. drug policy under which the manufacture, importation, possession, use and distribution of certain...
- The Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the LordThe Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the LordThe Covenant, The Sword, and the Arm of the Lord was a radical Christian Identity organization formed in 1971 in the small community of Elijah in southern Missouri, United States.- Leadership :...
- an Arkansan white supremacist group prolific in the '70s and early '80s
Business
- CSA (database company)CSA (database company)CSA Illumina is a provider of online databases, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is now a division of ProQuest, which in turn is now a subsidiary of the Cambridge Information Group...
(formerly Cambridge Scientific Abstracts) - Casting Society of AmericaCasting Society of AmericaFounded in Los Angeles, California in 1982, the Casting Society of America is a professional society of about 350 casting directors for film, television, and theatre in Australia, Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. The society is not to be confused with an industry union. The...
- Certified Senders AllianceCertified Senders AllianceThe Certified Senders Alliance - initiated by eco and the German Direct Marketing Association - constitutes the central German whitelist since 2005.The CSA whitelist is a positive list for email bulk senders...
- Credit Support AnnexCredit Support AnnexA Credit Support Annex, or CSA, is a legal document which regulates credit support for derivative transactions. It is one of the four parts that make up an ISDA Master Agreement but is not mandatory...
– a legal document which regulates credit support for derivative transactions - Customer Service AdvisorCustomer Service AdvisorA customer service advisor, or CSA, is a generic job title in the service industry. It covers a variety of customer facing occupations, primarily in call centres and stores....
– a generic job title in the service industry - Czech Society of ActuariesCzech Society of ActuariesThe Czech Society of Actuaries is the association of actuaries in Czechia. It aims to promote the education and research in actuarial science and to mediate social and professional contacts among actuaries....
- China Southern AirlinesChina Southern AirlinesChina Southern Airlines is an airline headquartered in Baiyun District, Guangzhou, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China. It is the world's sixth-largest airline measured by passengers carried, and Asia's largest airline in terms of both fleet size and passengers carried...
– China's largest airline with main base in Guangzhou - Community-supported agricultureCommunity-supported agricultureCommunity-supported agriculture, a form of an alternative food network, is a socio-economic model of agriculture and food distribution. A CSA consists of a community of individuals who pledge support to a farming operation where the growers and consumers share the risks and benefits of food...
– a way for consumers to buy local, seasonal food directly from a farmer - Czech AirlinesCzech AirlinesCzech Airlines j.s.c. , trading as Czech Airlines , is the national airline of the Czech Republic and temporary in Slovakia with its head office on the grounds of Ruzyně Airport in Ruzyně, Prague...
– national flag carrier of Czech Republic - Commission sharing agreementCommission sharing agreementCommission Sharing Agreement is a type of soft dollar arrangements that allows money managers to separately pay the executing broker for trade execution and ask that broker to allocate a portion of the commission directly to an independent research provider....
in financial services - CSA International Solar Energy Equipment
Children
- Child sexual abuseChild sexual abuseChild sexual abuse is a form of child abuse in which an adult or older adolescent uses a child for sexual stimulation. Forms of child sexual abuse include asking or pressuring a child to engage in sexual activities , indecent exposure with intent to gratify their own sexual desires or to...
- Child Support AgencyChild Support AgencyThe Child Support Agency is a delivery arm of the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission in Great Britain and the Department for Social Development in Northern Ireland...
(UK) - Child Support Agency AustraliaChild Support Agency AustraliaThe Child Support Agency is an Australian Government organisation which was established in 1988 to administer the assessment and collection of child support under the Australian Government's Child Support Scheme.-Overview:...
- Cub Scouts of America – a misnomer for Cub Scouting (Boy Scouts of America)
- Chief Scout's Award (disambiguation)
Education
- Central Student AssociationCentral Student AssociationThe Central Student Association is the student union for all undergraduate students at the University of Guelph.-History:The current CSA is the third iteration of a central student union on the Guelph campus...
- Chinese Student Association
- Colegio San Agustin (disambiguation) – the name of several Augustinian schools in Argentina, Chile, Ecuador, the Philippines, Peru, and Spain
- The Collegiate Society of AmericaThe Collegiate Society of AmericaThe Collegiate Society of America is a student-run, non-partisan debate and political awareness organization for college students that is dedicated to furthering college students’ awareness and involvement in the democratic process...
- Council of School Supervisors & AdministratorsCouncil of School Supervisors & AdministratorsThe Council of School Supervisors & Administrators, commonly CSA, is a New York City based collective bargaining unit for Principals, Assistant Principals, Supervisors and Education Administrators who work in the New York City public schools and Directors and Assistant Directors who work in...
– a New York City-based trade union
Medicine
- California Society of AnesthesiologistsCalifornia Society of AnesthesiologistsCalifornia Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc., is a component society of the American Society of Anesthesiologists, Inc., in the state of California.-History:...
- Cationic steroid antibioticsCerageninCeragenins, or cationic steroid antibiotics , are synthetically produced small molecule chemical compounds consisting of a sterol backbone with amino acids and other chemical groups attached to them. These compounds have a net positive charge that is electrostatically attracted to the negatively...
– a family of compounds used to treat diseases - Central sleep apnea
- Chondroitin sulfateChondroitin sulfateChondroitin sulfate is a sulfated glycosaminoglycan composed of a chain of alternating sugars . It is usually found attached to proteins as part of a proteoglycan. A chondroitin chain can have over 100 individual sugars, each of which can be sulfated in variable positions and quantities...
A – a cell surface glycoprotein - Clinical Skills Assessment exam
- Celiac Sprue Association
- Cockayne syndrome A - a human gene whose mutation causes Cockayne syndromeCockayne syndromeCockayne syndrome is a rare autosomal recessive, congenital disorder characterized by growth failure, impaired development of the nervous system, abnormal sensitivity to sunlight , and premature aging...
Fiction
- C.S.A.: The Confederate States of AmericaC.S.A.: The Confederate States of AmericaC.S.A.: The Confederate States of America is a 2004 mockumentary directed by Kevin Willmott. It is a fictional "tongue-in-cheek" account of an alternate history, in which the Confederates won the American Civil War, establishing the new Confederate States of America...
– a 2004 fictional documentary set in an alternate history where the Confederacy won the American Civil War - Crime Syndicate of America (also spelled Amerika) - a team of DC ComicsDC ComicsDC Comics, Inc. is one of the largest and most successful companies operating in the market for American comic books and related media. It is the publishing unit of DC Entertainment a company of Warner Bros. Entertainment, which itself is owned by Time Warner...
supervillains - Commission on Superhuman ActivitiesCommission on Superhuman ActivitiesThe Commission on Superhuman Activities is a fictional government group from the Marvel Universe.-Publication history:...
– a United States government agency appearing in Marvel ComicsMarvel ComicsMarvel Worldwide, Inc., commonly referred to as Marvel Comics and formerly Marvel Publishing, Inc. and Marvel Comics Group, is an American company that publishes comic books and related media...
publications - The Corporate Sector Authority, an oppressive interstellar government in the Star WarsStar WarsStar Wars is an American epic space opera film series created by George Lucas. The first film in the series was originally released on May 25, 1977, under the title Star Wars, by 20th Century Fox, and became a worldwide pop culture phenomenon, followed by two sequels, released at three-year...
universe.
Science and technology
- Cartan subalgebra
- Cambridge Scientific AbstractsCSA (database company)CSA Illumina is a provider of online databases, based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It is now a division of ProQuest, which in turn is now a subsidiary of the Cambridge Information Group...
, a database company - Camphorsulfonic acidCamphorsulfonic acidCamphorsulfonic acid, sometimes abbreviated CSA or 10-CSA is a organosulfur compound. Like typical sulfonic acids, it is a relatively strong acid that exists as a colourless solid that is soluble in organic solvents....
- Canadian Space Agency
- Carry-save adder - a type of digital adder
- Central simple algebraCentral simple algebraIn ring theory and related areas of mathematics a central simple algebra over a field K is a finite-dimensional associative algebra A, which is simple, and for which the center is exactly K...
- Client SMTP Authorization
- Cognitive Styles AnalysisCognitive Styles AnalysisCognitive Styles Analysis was developed by Richard J. Riding and is the most frequently used computerized measure of cognitive styles. Although CSA is not well known in North American institutions, it is quite popular among European universities and organizations.A number of different labels have...
- Common Scrambling AlgorithmCommon Scrambling AlgorithmThe Common Scrambling Algorithm is the encryption algorithm used in the DVB digital television broadcasting for encrypting video streams.CSA was specified by ETSI and adopted by the DVB consortium in May 1994.-History:...
- Croatian Space Agency
- Intel's Communication Streaming ArchitectureIntel Communication Streaming ArchitectureIntel's Communication Streaming Architecture was a mechanism used in the Intel Hub Architecture to increase the bandwidth available between a network card and the CPU...
- Cross sectional areaAreaArea is a quantity that expresses the extent of a two-dimensional surface or shape in the plane. Area can be understood as the amount of material with a given thickness that would be necessary to fashion a model of the shape, or the amount of paint necessary to cover the surface with a single coat...
- Csa, Köppen climate classificationKöppen climate classificationThe Köppen climate classification is one of the most widely used climate classification systems. It was first published by Crimea German climatologist Wladimir Köppen in 1884, with several later modifications by Köppen himself, notably in 1918 and 1936...
for a Mediterranean climate - Common Support AircraftCommon Support AircraftThe Common Support Aircraft is a proposed concept, which has been considered by the United States Navy since at least the early 1990s, to replace a number of different fixed-wing aircraft capable of operating from an aircraft carrier and which serve a "support" function, with a single type of...
- CSA, the ICAO airline designator for Czech AirlinesCzech AirlinesCzech Airlines j.s.c. , trading as Czech Airlines , is the national airline of the Czech Republic and temporary in Slovakia with its head office on the grounds of Ruzyně Airport in Ruzyně, Prague...
(ČSA) - CSA Chemical Safety Assessment
Sports and entertainment
- Cricket South AfricaCricket South AfricaCricket South Africa is the governing body for professional and amateur cricket in South Africa. The board was originally created as the United Cricket Board of South Africa in 1991.-History:...
- Canadian Soccer AssociationCanadian Soccer AssociationThe Canadian Soccer Association is the governing body of soccer in Canada. It is a national organization that oversees the Canadian men's and women's national teams for international play, as well as the respective junior sides...
- Casting Society of AmericaCasting Society of AmericaFounded in Los Angeles, California in 1982, the Casting Society of America is a professional society of about 350 casting directors for film, television, and theatre in Australia, Canada, Italy, the United Kingdom and the United States. The society is not to be confused with an industry union. The...
- Centro Sportivo AlagoanoCentro Sportivo AlagoanoCentro Sportivo Alagoano, is a Brazilian football team from Maceió in Alagoas, founded on September 7, 1913. It is the biggest club in the state of Alagoas, and the largest fan base....
– a Brazilian football club from Maceió, Alagoas - Community Sports Association (CSA)
- Caribbean Sailing Association http://http://www.caribbean-sailing.com
Transportation
- Compliance, Safety, and Accountability, a program aiming to improve commercial truck and bus safety