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- (software, design) Initialism of model-view-presenter.
- Initialism of mitral valve prolapse.
- (business) Initialism of minimum viable product.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of model view projection.
- (biology, ecology) Initialism of minimum viable population.
- (sports) Initialism of most valuable player.
- (programming) Initialism of most vexing parse.
- the player judged to be the most important to the sport
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- (software engineering) Initialism of view model.
- (telephony) Initialism of voice mail.
- (computing) Initialism of virtual machine.
- (historical, broadcasting) Initialism of Videomusic, the Italian music television channel
- (medicine) Initialism of viral myocarditis.
- (computing) Initialism of virtual memory.
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- Initialism of Delivery Point Validation.
- (nautical, underwater diving, military) Initialism of diver propulsion vehicle.
- (cryptography) Initialism of delegated path validation.
- (pharmacology) Initialism of dapivirine.
- (technology) Initialism of dependent pressure vessel.
- (pathology) Initialism of disabling positional vertigo.
- Initialism of distributed photovoltaic.
- (chemistry) Initialism of differential pulse voltammetry.
- (biology) Initialism of duck plague virus.
- (finance) Initialism of discounted present value.
- (rare) Initialism of dissimilarity pixel value.
- (nautical) Initialism of dynamically positioned vessel.
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- (computing) Initialism of programming language.
- (copyright law) Initialism of public license.
- Initialism of public library.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of proximity labeling.
- (topology) Initialism of piecewise linear.
- (economics) Initialism of price level.
- (US, scouting) Initialism of patrol leader.
- (US, law, government) Initialism of public law.
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- Initialism of Graphic Thought Facility.
- Initialism of Gallaher's Tobacco Factory.
- Initialism of Georgia Tech Foundation.
- Initialism of Generalized Timing Formula.
- Initialism of German Taxpayers Federation.
- Initialism of Global Thinkers Forum.
- Initialism of German Taekwondo Union.
- Initialism of Graduate Theological Foundation.
- Initialism of German Tennis Federation.
- Initialism of Global Tamil Forum.
- Initialism of Gene transfer format.
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- (computing) Initialism of codepage.
- (virology) Initialism of capsid protein.
- (UK politics) Initialism of command paper.
- (4chan slang, humorous, euphemistic) Initialism of cheese pizza (“child pornography”).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of containment perimeter.
- (mathematics) Initialism of critical point.
- (British) Initialism of county primary or community primary (school).
- Initialism of cerebral palsy.
- (Philippines, text messaging) Initialism of cellphone.
- (Internet, euphemistic) Initialism of child pornography.
- Initialism of corporal punishment.
- (origami) Initialism of crease pattern.
- (physics) Initialism of charge-parity.
- (physics) Initialism of center of pressure.
- (military) Initialism of command post.
- (education) Initialism of college prep; college preparatory.
- Initialism of cyberpunk.
- (Philippines, construction) Initialism of contract package.
- Initialism of civil parish (used on OS 1:25 000 scale Explorer maps).
- (linguistics) Initialism of complementizer phrase.
- Initialism of custodial parent.
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- Design Computing and Cognition.
- Initialism of Distributed Checksum Clearinghouse.
- Data Compression Conference.
- Debian Cluster Components.
- Initialism of Doppelmayr Cable Car.
- Digital Content Creation.
- Direct Client-to-Client.
- Data Concentrator Card.
- Designing Correct Circuits.
- Data and Computer Communications.
- Digital Command Control.
- Digital Curation Centre.
- Digital Compact Cassette.
- Data Communications Committee.
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- (organic chemistry) Abbreviation of dicyclohexylcarbodiimide.
- Initialism of direct cable connection.
- (psychotherapy) Initialism of direct client contact.
- (law enforcement) Initialism of deputy chief constable, a police rank used in Commonwealth countries.
- (algebra) Initialism of descending chain condition.
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- Initialism of to be designed.
- Initialism of to be deducted.
- Initialism of to be declared.
- Initialism of to be decided.
- Initialism of to be developed.
- Initialism of to be discovered.
- Initialism of to be done.
- Initialism of to be destroyed.
- Initialism of to be dated.
- Initialism of to be disclosed.
- Initialism of to be delivered.
- Initialism of to be derived.
- Initialism of to be discussed.
- Initialism of to be defined.
- Initialism of to be documented.
- Initialism of to be determined.
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- Initialism of Center for Computational Aesthetics.
- Initialism of Common Component Architecture.
- Initialism of Centre for Contemporary Arts.
- Initialism of California Culinary Academy.
- Initialism of Coca-Cola Amatil.
- Initialism of Canadian Construction Association.
- Initialism of Call Centre Association.
- Initialism of Caribbean Contemporary Arts.
- Initialism of Canadian Cartographic Association.
- Initialism of Calgary Construction Association.
- Initialism of C Code Analyzer.
- Initialism of Colon Cancer Alliance.
- Initialism of Computer Corporation of America, a computing company founded in 1965 and acquired in 2010 by Rocket Software.
- Initialism of Computability and Complexity in Analysis, a book.
- Initialism of Conference of Consulting Actuaries.
- Initialism of Canadian Conference of the Arts, discontinued in 2012.
- Initialism of Centre for Creative Arts.
- Initialism of Corrections Corp of America.
- Initialism of Canadian Cat Association.
- Initialism of Canadian Council of Archives.
- Initialism of Coastal Conservation Association.
- Initialism of Canadian Chiropractic Association.
- (Australia) Initialism of Commonwealth Copyright Administration.
- Initialism of Chandigarh College of Architecture.
- Initialism of Continental Chess Association.
- Initialism of Career College Association.
- Initialism of Centre for Corporate Accountability, closed down in 2009.
- Initialism of Christian Conference of Asia.
- Initialism of California College of the Arts.
- Initialism of Corporate Council on Africa.
- Initialism of Canadian Cycling Association, former name of Cycling Canada Cyclisme.
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- Initialism of certified cropadvisor.
- Initialism of consumer and corporate affairs.
- Initialism of congenital contractural arachnodactyly.
- Initialism of controller of certifying/certification authorities.
- Initialism of customer care assistant.
- Initialism of cold cranking amperes.
- Initialism of chromated copper arsenate.
- (computing) Initialism of continuous configuration automation.
- (anatomy) Initialism of common carotid artery.
- (military, aviation) Initialism of collaborative combat aircraft: a combat drone wingman
- (Singapore, education) Initialism of cocurricular activity.
- Initialism of clear channel assessment.
- Initialism of Citrix certified administrator.
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- (programming) An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.
- (by extension) The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ.
- (architecture) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
- (figuratively) A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
- the face or front of a building
- a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
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- (software, design) Initialism of model-driven architecture.
- (software, design) Initialism of message-driven architecture.
- (uncountable, computing) Initialism of monochrome display adapter.
- (physics, chemistry) Initialism of medium-density amorphous ice (“a form of H₂O water ice, with a density like that of liquid water”).
- (uncountable, pharmacology) Initialism of methylenedioxyamphetamine, especially 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine.
- (uncountable, organic chemistry) Initialism of malondialdehyde.
- (aviation) Initialism of minimum descent altitude.
- (countable, software, e-mail) Initialism of mail delivery agent.
- (electronics, mobile telephony) Initialism of mobile data assistant.
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- (graphics) Initialism of Styled Layer Descriptor.
- (Internet) Initialism of second-level domain.
- (photography) Initialism of single lens digital.
- (graphics) Initialism of single-line diagram.
- (graphics) Initialism of straight-line diagram.
- (meteorology, aviation) Initialism of supercooled large droplet.
- (uncountable, accounting) Initialism of straight-line depreciation.
- (electronics) Initialism of semiconductor laser diode.
- (physics) Initialism of superluminescent diode.
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- (physics) Initialism of Stanford Large Detector.
- (international politics) Initialism of Shangri-La Dialogue.
- (UK politics) Initialism of Social and Liberal Democrats, the former name of the Liberal Democrats.
- (UK, law) Initialism of Statute Law Database; the former name for legislation.gov.uk.
- (UK politics) Initialism of Scottish Liberal Democrats.
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- (computing) An architecture whose design is dictated by marketing considerations.
- (computing) An unfinished architecture that only exists as a figment of marketing.
- (computing) A non-technical depiction of the architecture of a system, service, product line, or organization that has been simplified or made more conceptual for use in marketing communications.
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- Initialism of computer education and design.
- Community and Economic Development
- Initialism of Capacitance Electronic Disc.
- Initialism of community economic development.
- Initialism of counseling and educational development.
- Cooperative Education Division
- Civil Engineering Department
- Initialism of Camurati-Engelmann disease.
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- Centre for Educational Development
- Council on the Education of the Deaf
- Chemical Exchange Directory
- Canada Economic Development
- Capacitance Electronic Disc
- California Environmental Dialogue
- CONNECT: Entrepreneur Development
- Cambridge Electronic Design
- College of Environmental Design
- Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc.
- Centre for Executive Development
- Centre for Education and Documentation
- Initialism of Committee for Economic Development.
- Council for Entrepreneurial Development
- Initialism of Collins English Dictionary.
- Christian Engineers in Development
- Consolidated Energy Design
- Initialism of Cultural Entomology Digest, an entomology magazine.
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- (computing) Initialism of software engineering.
- Initialism of second edition.
- (physics) Initialism of secondary electron.
- Initialism of sound effect.
- Initialism of special edition.
- (train control) Initialism of STM European.
- (aerospace) Initialism of sustainer engine.
- Abbreviation of southeast.
- (computing) Initialism of standard edition.
- the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
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- Initialism of computer vision.
- (philately) Initialism of catalog value.
- (pathology) Initialism of cytolytic vaginosis.
- (engineering) Initialism of constant velocity.
- (automotive) Initialism of commercial vehicle
- (nautical) Initialism of container vessel; a container ship
- Ellipsis of CV joint.
- Initialism of curriculum vitae.
- (nautical) Initialism of construction vessel
- (among vorarephiles) Initialism of cock vore.
- (military) Initialism of combat vehicle.
- (US, navy) aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one is a CVN)
- (astronomy) Initialism of cataclysmic variable.
- (pathology) Initialism of coronavirus.
- Abbreviation of cellevision.
- (anime) Initialism of character's voice (“voice actor”).
- (business) Initialism of countervailing.
- (statistics) Initialism of cross-validation.
- (phonetics) Initialism of cardinal vowel.
- a summary of your academic and work history
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- (computing) Initialism of instruction set architecture.
- (Europe, transport) Initialism of intelligent speed assistance / adaptation.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of isosaccharinic acid.
- (UK, finance) Initialism of individual savings account, a financial account for investment with special tax rules.
- (accounting) Initialism of International Standard on Auditing, one of a set of professional standards for the performance of audits of financial information issued by the IAASB.
- (Marxism) Initialism of ideological state apparatus.
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- (computing) Initialism of computer-aided drafting.
- (computing, engineering) Acronym of computer-aided design.
- (public safety) Initialism of computer-aided dispatch.
- (medicine, cardiology) Initialism of coronary artery disease.
- (medicine) Initialism of computer-aided diagnosis.
- (import/export) Initialism of cash against documents, an arrangement where the purchaser must pay the total price in cash in order to get shipping papers from the seller or (usually) a third party.
- (computing) Initialism of control alt delete.
- (medicine) Initialism of cold agglutinin disease.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of caspase-activated DNase.
- software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing
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- (web design) Initialism of cascading style sheet.
- (medicine) Initialism of Churg-Strauss syndrome.
- (military) Initialism of Chinese surface-to-surface (missile), a NATO prefix-code for systems developed by the People's Republic of China.
- (genetics) Initialism of chromosome substitution strain.
- (aviation, travel) Initialism of change segment status, a GDS code used on older types of airline keyboards.
- (medicine) Initialism of Coffin-Siris syndrome.
- (nautical) Initialism of Canadian Survey Ship (the designation for a survey ship operated by the Canadian Hydrographic Service).
- (historical, nautical, military) Initialism of Confederate States Ship (the designation for a commissioned warship operated by the Confederate States Navy).
- (media, DVD) Initialism of Content Scramble System, a DRM and encryption system for DVDs.
- (sports) Initialism of critical swim speed.
- (space flight) Initialism of control stick steering, a method of Space Shuttle flight control.
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- (software architecture) Initialism of domain-driven design (“methodology and set of priorities for object oriented programming”).
- Initialism of degenerative disc disease.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (“insecticide related to DDT”).
- Initialism of die-deterioration doubling (“a common form of mint-made error on coins that results from degradation of the die used to strike the coin”).
- (pharmacology) Initialism of defined daily dose: a statistical measure of drug consumption.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of direct distance dialing (“network-provided service that enables non-local telephone calls to be made without operator assistance”).
- (sound engineering) A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating a "full digital recording" (recorded, mixed and mastered in digital).
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- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
- (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
- (computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
- (linguistics) The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
- (espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
- (business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
- (video games) A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- One who controls something.
- (electronics) Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
- someone who maintains and audits business accounts
- a person who directs and restrains
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine
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- (software, design) Initialism of model-view-presenter.
- Initialism of mitral valve prolapse.
- (business) Initialism of minimum viable product.
- (computer graphics) Initialism of model view projection.
- (biology, ecology) Initialism of minimum viable population.
- (sports) Initialism of most valuable player.
- (programming) Initialism of most vexing parse.
- the player judged to be the most important to the sport
noun
- (software engineering) Initialism of view model.
- (telephony) Initialism of voice mail.
- (computing) Initialism of virtual machine.
- (historical, broadcasting) Initialism of Videomusic, the Italian music television channel
- (medicine) Initialism of viral myocarditis.
- (computing) Initialism of virtual memory.
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- (computing) Initialism of programming language.
- (copyright law) Initialism of public license.
- Initialism of public library.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of proximity labeling.
- (topology) Initialism of piecewise linear.
- (economics) Initialism of price level.
- (US, scouting) Initialism of patrol leader.
- (US, law, government) Initialism of public law.
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- (computing) Initialism of codepage.
- (virology) Initialism of capsid protein.
- (UK politics) Initialism of command paper.
- (4chan slang, humorous, euphemistic) Initialism of cheese pizza (“child pornography”).
- (law enforcement) Initialism of containment perimeter.
- (mathematics) Initialism of critical point.
- (British) Initialism of county primary or community primary (school).
- Initialism of cerebral palsy.
- (Philippines, text messaging) Initialism of cellphone.
- (Internet, euphemistic) Initialism of child pornography.
- Initialism of corporal punishment.
- (origami) Initialism of crease pattern.
- (physics) Initialism of charge-parity.
- (physics) Initialism of center of pressure.
- (military) Initialism of command post.
- (education) Initialism of college prep; college preparatory.
- Initialism of cyberpunk.
- (Philippines, construction) Initialism of contract package.
- Initialism of civil parish (used on OS 1:25 000 scale Explorer maps).
- (linguistics) Initialism of complementizer phrase.
- Initialism of custodial parent.
adj
name
noun
name
noun
noun
- (programming) An object serving as a simplified interface to a larger body of code, as in the facade pattern.
- (by extension) The face or front (most visible side) of any other thing, such as the prospect of an organ.
- (architecture) The face of a building, especially the front view or elevation.
- (figuratively) A deceptive or insincere outward appearance.
- the face or front of a building
- a showy misrepresentation intended to conceal something unpleasant
noun
- (software, design) Initialism of model-driven architecture.
- (software, design) Initialism of message-driven architecture.
- (uncountable, computing) Initialism of monochrome display adapter.
- (physics, chemistry) Initialism of medium-density amorphous ice (“a form of H₂O water ice, with a density like that of liquid water”).
- (uncountable, pharmacology) Initialism of methylenedioxyamphetamine, especially 3,4-methylenedioxyamphetamine.
- (uncountable, organic chemistry) Initialism of malondialdehyde.
- (aviation) Initialism of minimum descent altitude.
- (countable, software, e-mail) Initialism of mail delivery agent.
- (electronics, mobile telephony) Initialism of mobile data assistant.
name
noun
- (graphics) Initialism of Styled Layer Descriptor.
- (Internet) Initialism of second-level domain.
- (photography) Initialism of single lens digital.
- (graphics) Initialism of single-line diagram.
- (graphics) Initialism of straight-line diagram.
- (meteorology, aviation) Initialism of supercooled large droplet.
- (uncountable, accounting) Initialism of straight-line depreciation.
- (electronics) Initialism of semiconductor laser diode.
- (physics) Initialism of superluminescent diode.
adj
name
- (physics) Initialism of Stanford Large Detector.
- (international politics) Initialism of Shangri-La Dialogue.
- (UK politics) Initialism of Social and Liberal Democrats, the former name of the Liberal Democrats.
- (UK, law) Initialism of Statute Law Database; the former name for legislation.gov.uk.
- (UK politics) Initialism of Scottish Liberal Democrats.
noun
- (computing) An architecture whose design is dictated by marketing considerations.
- (computing) An unfinished architecture that only exists as a figment of marketing.
- (computing) A non-technical depiction of the architecture of a system, service, product line, or organization that has been simplified or made more conceptual for use in marketing communications.
noun
- Initialism of computer education and design.
- Community and Economic Development
- Initialism of Capacitance Electronic Disc.
- Initialism of community economic development.
- Initialism of counseling and educational development.
- Cooperative Education Division
- Civil Engineering Department
- Initialism of Camurati-Engelmann disease.
name
- Centre for Educational Development
- Council on the Education of the Deaf
- Chemical Exchange Directory
- Canada Economic Development
- Capacitance Electronic Disc
- California Environmental Dialogue
- CONNECT: Entrepreneur Development
- Cambridge Electronic Design
- College of Environmental Design
- Consolidated Electrical Distributors, Inc.
- Centre for Executive Development
- Centre for Education and Documentation
- Initialism of Committee for Economic Development.
- Council for Entrepreneurial Development
- Initialism of Collins English Dictionary.
- Christian Engineers in Development
- Consolidated Energy Design
- Initialism of Cultural Entomology Digest, an entomology magazine.
noun
name
noun
- (computing) Initialism of software engineering.
- Initialism of second edition.
- (physics) Initialism of secondary electron.
- Initialism of sound effect.
- Initialism of special edition.
- (train control) Initialism of STM European.
- (aerospace) Initialism of sustainer engine.
- Abbreviation of southeast.
- (computing) Initialism of standard edition.
- the compass point midway between south and east; at 135 degrees
adj
name
noun
- Initialism of computer vision.
- (philately) Initialism of catalog value.
- (pathology) Initialism of cytolytic vaginosis.
- (engineering) Initialism of constant velocity.
- (automotive) Initialism of commercial vehicle
- (nautical) Initialism of container vessel; a container ship
- Ellipsis of CV joint.
- Initialism of curriculum vitae.
- (nautical) Initialism of construction vessel
- (among vorarephiles) Initialism of cock vore.
- (military) Initialism of combat vehicle.
- (US, navy) aircraft carrier (“Cruiser Voler”), a diesel-powered warship launching and landing heavier than air flying vehicles (a nuclear-powered one is a CVN)
- (astronomy) Initialism of cataclysmic variable.
- (pathology) Initialism of coronavirus.
- Abbreviation of cellevision.
- (anime) Initialism of character's voice (“voice actor”).
- (business) Initialism of countervailing.
- (statistics) Initialism of cross-validation.
- (phonetics) Initialism of cardinal vowel.
- a summary of your academic and work history
adj
name
noun
- (computing) Initialism of instruction set architecture.
- (Europe, transport) Initialism of intelligent speed assistance / adaptation.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of isosaccharinic acid.
- (UK, finance) Initialism of individual savings account, a financial account for investment with special tax rules.
- (accounting) Initialism of International Standard on Auditing, one of a set of professional standards for the performance of audits of financial information issued by the IAASB.
- (Marxism) Initialism of ideological state apparatus.
name
noun
- (computing) Initialism of computer-aided drafting.
- (computing, engineering) Acronym of computer-aided design.
- (public safety) Initialism of computer-aided dispatch.
- (medicine, cardiology) Initialism of coronary artery disease.
- (medicine) Initialism of computer-aided diagnosis.
- (import/export) Initialism of cash against documents, an arrangement where the purchaser must pay the total price in cash in order to get shipping papers from the seller or (usually) a third party.
- (computing) Initialism of control alt delete.
- (medicine) Initialism of cold agglutinin disease.
- (biochemistry) Initialism of caspase-activated DNase.
- software used in art and architecture and engineering and manufacturing to assist in precision drawing
noun
- (web design) Initialism of cascading style sheet.
- (medicine) Initialism of Churg-Strauss syndrome.
- (military) Initialism of Chinese surface-to-surface (missile), a NATO prefix-code for systems developed by the People's Republic of China.
- (genetics) Initialism of chromosome substitution strain.
- (aviation, travel) Initialism of change segment status, a GDS code used on older types of airline keyboards.
- (medicine) Initialism of Coffin-Siris syndrome.
- (nautical) Initialism of Canadian Survey Ship (the designation for a survey ship operated by the Canadian Hydrographic Service).
- (historical, nautical, military) Initialism of Confederate States Ship (the designation for a commissioned warship operated by the Confederate States Navy).
- (media, DVD) Initialism of Content Scramble System, a DRM and encryption system for DVDs.
- (sports) Initialism of critical swim speed.
- (space flight) Initialism of control stick steering, a method of Space Shuttle flight control.
name
phrase
noun
- (software architecture) Initialism of domain-driven design (“methodology and set of priorities for object oriented programming”).
- Initialism of degenerative disc disease.
- (organic chemistry) Initialism of dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (“insecticide related to DDT”).
- Initialism of die-deterioration doubling (“a common form of mint-made error on coins that results from degradation of the die used to strike the coin”).
- (pharmacology) Initialism of defined daily dose: a statistical measure of drug consumption.
- (telecommunications) Initialism of direct distance dialing (“network-provided service that enables non-local telephone calls to be made without operator assistance”).
- (sound engineering) A designation on prerecorded compact discs indicating a "full digital recording" (recorded, mixed and mastered in digital).
noun
- (software architecture) In software applications using the model-view-controller design pattern, the part or parts of the application that treat input and output, forming an interface between models and views.
- (nautical) An iron block, usually bolted to a ship's deck, for controlling the running out of a chain cable. The links of the cable tend to drop into hollows in the block, and thus hold fast until disengaged.
- (computer hardware) A mechanism that controls or regulates the operation of a machine, especially a peripheral device in a computer.
- (linguistics) The subject of a control verb. See Control (linguistics)
- (espionage) The person who supervises and handles communication with an agent in the field.
- (business) The chief accounting officer which audits, and manages the financial affairs of a company or government; a comptroller.
- (video games) A hardware device designed to allow the user to play video games.
- One who controls something.
- (electronics) Any electric or mechanical device for controlling a circuit or system.
- someone who maintains and audits business accounts
- a person who directs and restrains
- a mechanism that controls the operation of a machine