CTA
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CTA may refer to:
- Brazilian General Command for Aerospace Technology, abbreviated CTA
- California Teachers AssociationCalifornia Teachers AssociationThe California Teachers Association , initially established in 1863 as the California Educational Society, is by far the largest teachers' union in the state of California. It is considered by many to be the most powerful union in California...
, a labor union - Call to ActionCall to ActionCall to Action is an organization that advocates for a variety of liberal causes to change the Catholic Church. Call to Action's goals include women's ordination, an end to mandatory priestly celibacy, a change in the church's teaching on a variety of sexual matters, and a change to the way the...
- Call to action (marketing), a web design tenet that requires each page to clearly indicate the desired user response
- Call to ArmsCall to arms-Television:* "A Call to Arms" , an episode of the television series Charmed* Babylon 5: A Call to Arms, the fourth feature-length film set in the Babylon 5 universe...
, a term used in massively multiplayer online role-playing games - Cairo Transportation AuthorityCairo Transportation AuthorityCairo Transportation Authority is the operator of mass transit within Cairo, and the largest operator in Egypt.CTA operates buses , a surface metro, ferries and river buses...
- Canadian Transportation AgencyCanadian Transportation AgencyThe Canadian Transportation Agency is an independent administrative tribunal of the Government of Canada that makes decisions relating to federally-regulated modes of transportation...
- Cased telescoped ammunition
- Catania-Fontanarossa AirportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport-See also:*Palermo Airport Falcone e Borsellino - also known as Punta Raisi Airport, another of Sicily's international airports* Trapani Birgi Airport Vincenzo Florio - another of Sicily's international airports...
(IATA code) - Cellulose triacetateCellulose triacetateCellulose triacetate, also known simply as triacetate, CTA and TAC, is manufactured from cellulose and a source of acetate esters, typically acetic anhydride...
- Central African RepublicCentral African RepublicThe Central African Republic , is a landlocked country in Central Africa. It borders Chad in the north, Sudan in the north east, South Sudan in the east, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Republic of the Congo in the south, and Cameroon in the west. The CAR covers a land area of about ,...
(FIFA code: CTA) - Central de los Trabajadores Argentinos
- Central Texas AirportCentral Texas AirportCentral Texas Airport is a planned airport within the proposed Eco-Merge Green Corporate Center complex in Bastrop County, Texas. It is in proximity to the intersection of Farm to Market Road 969 and Farm to Market Road 1704....
- Central Tibetan AdministrationCentral Tibetan AdministrationThe Central Tibetan Administration , is an organisation based in India with the stated goals of "rehabilitating Tibetan refugees and restoring freedom and happiness in Tibet". It was established by the 14th Dalai Lama in 1959 shortly after his exile from Tibet...
- Central technical areaCentral Apparatus RoomIn broadcast facilities, a central apparatus room , central machine room, or central equipment room , or central technical area , or rack room is where shared equipment common to all technical areas is located. Some broadcast facilities have several of these rooms...
- Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU (CTA)The Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation ACP-EU was established in 1983 under the Lomé Convention between the ACP countries and EU member states...
- Charge transfer amplifierCharge transfer amplifierThe charge-transfer amplifier is an electronic amplifier circuit. Also known as transconveyance amplifiers, CTAs amplify electronic signals by dynamically conveying charge between capacitive nodes in proportion to the size of a differential input voltage...
- Chartered Tax Adviser, a tax accountant who is a member of The Chartered Institute of TaxationThe Chartered Institute of TaxationThe Chartered Institute of Taxation is a registered charity and the leading professional body in the United Kingdom concerned solely with taxation. The CIOT deals with all aspects of direct and indirect taxation.-Activities:...
(UK) - Cherenkov Telescope ArrayCherenkov Telescope ArrayThe Cherenkov Telescope Array or CTA is a project to build a new generation ground-based gamma-ray instrument in the energy range extending from some tens of GeV to above 100 TeV...
, a project to build a system of very high energy gamma ray telescopes. - Chicago (band)Chicago (band)Chicago is an American rock band formed in 1967 in Chicago, Illinois. The self-described "rock and roll band with horns" began as a politically charged, sometimes experimental, rock band and later moved to a predominantly softer sound, becoming famous for producing a number of hit ballads. They had...
, originally known as Chicago Transit Authority before a lawsuit threat - Chicago Transit AuthorityChicago Transit AuthorityChicago Transit Authority, also known as CTA, is the operator of mass transit within the City of Chicago, Illinois and some of its surrounding suburbs....
- Chinese Taoist Association
- Chisholm Trail AcademyChisholm Trail AcademyChisholm Trail Academy is a Seventh-day Adventist co-educational high school located at Fourth and Old Betsy in Keene, Texas. Keene is located midway between Alvarado and Cleburne, south of Fort Worth...
- Colorado Translators AssociationColorado Translators AssociationThe Colorado Translators Association is a cooperating regional group affiliated with the American Translators Association, which is the largest professional society of translators and foreign language specialists in the United States....
- Columbus Torah AcademyColumbus Torah AcademyColumbus Torah Academy is the only Orthodox K-12 school in the Central Ohio Area.-School Quick Facts:Library facility:Students of Color: .6% Hebrew Language and Israel Studies Coordinator: Mrs. Galit Golan....
- Commodity trading advisorCommodity trading advisorA commodity trading advisor is an asset manager who follows a set of systematic investment strategies in futures contracts and options on futures contracts. The advisors originally operated predominantly in commodities markets, but today they invest in any liquid futures market. They are...
- The Common Tasks for AssessmentThe Common Tasks for AssessmentThe Common Tasks for Assessment are part of a compulsory educational programme in South Africa. All Grade 9 students have to complete tasks, which comprise 25% of their year mark. At the end of Grade 9 they can decide to leave school without matriculation or to continue until grade twelve...
, an educational programme run by the Department of Education of South Africa - Common Travel AreaCommon Travel AreaThe Common Travel Area is a passport-free zone that comprises the islands of Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. The area's internal borders are subject to minimal or non-existent border controls and can normally be crossed by Irish and British citizens with only...
, comprising Ireland, Great Britain, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands - Community Training Australia, an Australian registered training organisation based in Townsville, QueenslandQueenslandQueensland is a state of Australia, occupying the north-eastern section of the mainland continent. It is bordered by the Northern Territory, South Australia and New South Wales to the west, south-west and south respectively. To the east, Queensland is bordered by the Coral Sea and Pacific Ocean...
- Computed tomography angiographyComputed tomography angiographyComputed tomography angiography is a computed tomography technique used to visualize arterial and venous vessels throughout the body. This ranges from arteries serving the brain to those bringing blood to the lungs, kidneys, arms and legs.-Technique:...
- Consolidated Tape AssociationConsolidated Tape AssociationThe Consolidated Tape Association oversees the dissemination of real-time trade and quote information in New York Stock Exchange and American Stock Exchange listed securities...
, which oversees the dissemination of real-time trade and quote information (market data) in New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and American Stock Exchange (AMEX) listed securities (stocks and bonds). - Container Terminal AltenwerderContainer Terminal AltenwerderThe HHLA Container Terminal Altenwerder in Hamburg, Germany currently is one of the most modern container terminals in the world, located in the Altenwerder quarter...
- Control AreaControl areaA control area is an aviation term that describes a volume of controlled airspace that exists in the vicinity of an airport. It has a specified lower level and a specified upper level. It usually is situated on top of a control zone and provides protection to aircraft climbing out from the airport...
, controlled airspace that exists in the vicinity of an airport. - Criminal Tribes ActCriminal Tribes ActThe term Criminal Tribes Act applies to various successive pieces of legislation enforced in India during British rule; the first enacted in 1871 as applied mostly in North India The Act was extended to Bengal Presidency and other areas in 1876, and finally with the Criminal Tribes Act 1911, it...
, British legislation in India passed in 1871 which labeled entire communities as criminal, broadened several times, replaced by the Habitual Offenders Act (HOA) of 1952 - Cryptologic technicianCryptologic technicianCryptologic Technician is a United States Navy enlisted rating or job specialty. The CT community performs a wide range of tasks in support of the national intelligence effort, with an emphasis on cryptology and signal intelligence related products....
administrative - Crystal Thai Airlines
- Cyprus Turkish Airlines
- Children's Television ActChildren's Television ActThe Children's Television Act was enacted in 1990 in the United States to enhance television's potential to teach the nation's children valuable information and skills. The Act requires each full-service television station that offers children's television programming in the U.S...
, American legislation passed in 1990 that enforces a certain degree of educational television