Upgrading and Repairing PCs (17th Edition)

CAB (cabinet file)

CAI (computer-aided [or assisted] instruction)

CAL (computer-aided learning)

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)

CAV (constant angular velocity)

CBI (computer-based instruction)

CBL (computer-based learning)

CBT (computer-based training)

CCITT (Comite Consultatif International Telephonique et Telegraphique)

CCS (common command set)

CD (compact disc)

CD-DA (compact disc digital audio)

CD+G (Compact Disc+Graphics)

CD-I (Compact Disc-Interactive)

CD+MIDI (Compact Disc+Musical Instrument Digital Interface)

CD-MO (compact disc magneto-optical)

CD-R (compact disc-recordable)

CD-ROM (compact disc read-only memory)

CD-ROM XA (compact disc-read-only memory extended architecture)

CD-RW (compact disc-rewritable)

CD-WO (compact disc-write once)

CDMA (code-division multiple access)

CDSL (consumer DSL)

CEB (Compact Electronics Bay)

CERN (Conseil Europèen pour la Recherche Nuclèaire, or European Organisation for Nuclear Research)

CF (compact flash)

CFCs (chlorofluorocarbons)

CGA (color graphics adapter)

CHAP (Challenge-Handshake Authentication Protocol)

CHS (cylinder head sector)

CIF (common image format)

CIRC (cross-interleave Reed-Solomon code)

CISC (complex instruction set computer)

CLKMUL (clock multiplier)

CLV (constant linear velocity)

CMOS (complementary metal-oxide semiconductor)

CMYK (cyan magenta yellow black)

CNR (Communications and Networking Riser)

COBOL (Common Business-Oriented Language)

COC (chip on ceramic)

CODEC (coder-decoder)

CP/M (Control Program for Microcomputers, originally Control Program/Monitor)

cps (characters per second)

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)