Acronyms - C
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C - Centigrade
C& DH - Command and Data Handling
C&A - Certification and Accreditation
C3S - NPOESS Command, Control, and Communications Segment
CA - Conjunction Assessment or Control Account
CADU - Channel Access Data Unit
CAGE - Commercial and Government Entity
CAL - Calibration Data
Cal/Val - Calibration/Validation
CAM - Control Account Manager
CAP - Cartridge Access Port or Control Account Plan
CAPE - Collection Activity Planning Element
CAPERD - CAPE Requirements Document
CBA - Cost Benefit Analysis
CBC - Cipher Block Chaining
CBG - Configuration and Build Guide
CC - Cubic Convolution or Computer Compatible Tape or Cloud Cover
CCA - Cloud Cover Assessment
CCB - Configuration Control Board
CCD - Charge-Coupled Device
CCM - Cloud Cover Manager
CCP - Configuration Change Process, Contamination Control Process, or Cloud Cover Prediction
CCR - Configuration Change Request
CCRS - Canada Center for Remote Sensing
CCS - COI Cleanup System or Confirmed Contact Schedule or Constellation Coordination System
CCSDS - Consultative Committee for Space Data Systems
CCT - Computer Compatible Tape
CD - Change Directory or Compact Disk
CDB - Centralized Database
CDBS - Centralized Database System
CDE - Common Desktop Environment
CDI - Capture Device Identifier
CDMS - Carrier Doppler Measurement System
CDR - Critical Design Review or Calibration Data Record
CDRL - Contract Data Requirements List
CD-ROM - Compact Disk-Read Only Memory
CDS - Coded Data Segment or Comprehensive Discrepancy System
CDT - Central Daylight Time
CE - Circular Error
CEOS - Committee on Earth Observing Satellites
CERT - Community Emergency Response Team
CF - Correction Factor or Cloud Fraction
CFC - Contact Forecast Confirmation or Cloud Fraction Climatology
CFDP - CCSDS File Delivery Protocol
CFP - Cold Focal Plane
CFPA - Cold Focal Plan Array or Cold Focal Plane Assembly
CFR - Code of Federal Regulations, Contact Forecast Request
CGB - Calculated Gains and Biases
CI - Configuration Item
CIA - Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability
CIC - Computer Interrupt Code
CIL - Critical Items List
CIO - Chief Information Officer
CIRC - Computer Incident Reporting Center
CIS - Center for Information Security
CISO - Chief Information Security Officer
CIU - Controls Interface Unit
CLCW - Command Link Control Word
CLR - Combined Labor Rate Contractor Labor Rate
CLTU - Command Link Transmission Unit
CLU - Climate and Land Use
cm - Centimeter
CM - Configuration Management
CMD - Command
CMM - Capability Maturity Model
CMO - Configuration Management Office
CMP - Configuration Management Plan
CMS - Content Management System
CN - Coherent Noise
CNDs - Could-Not-Duplicates
CNR - Carrier-to-Noise Ratio
CO - Contract Officer or Content Owner
COC - Certificate of Completion or Cost of Consequence
COFUR - Cost of Fulfilling a User Request
COG - Center of Gravity or Continuity of Government
COI - Common Order Interface
COLA - Collision Avoidance
COMM - Communications Subsystem
Con Ops - Concept of Operations
CONAE - Commission Nacional De Actividades Espaciales
CONUS - Continental United States
COOP - Continuity of Operations
COQ - Cost of Quality
COR - Contracting Officer Representative or Cost of Reproduction
COTR - Contracting Officer’s Technical Representative
COTS - Commercial Off-the-Shelf
CP - Calibration Parameter
CPF - Calibration Parameter File
CPFF - Cost-Plus-Fixed Fee
CPI - Cost Performance Index
CPIC - Capital Planning and Investment Control
CPR - Cost Performance Report
CPS - Calibration Parameter Management and Testing Subsystem
CPT - Comprehensive Performance Test
CPU - Central Processing Unit
CR - Central Repository or Controlled Repository or Change Request
CR1 - Computer Room 1
CR1MSS - Computer Room 1 Mass Storage System
CR2 - Computer Room 2
CR3 - Computer Room 3
CRaM - Combined Radiometric Model
CRC - Cyclic Redundancy Check or Cyclic Redundancy Code
CRIT - Central Repository Integration and Test
CRM - Customer Relationship Management or Continuous Risk Management
CRMP - Continuous Risk Management Plan
CROPS - Central Repository Operations
CRSSGS - China Remote Sensing Satellite Grand Station
CRST - Central Repository System Test
CRTEST - Central Repository Test
CS - Customer Service
CSA - Configuration Status Accounting
CSAM - Cyber Security Assessment Management
CSC - Computer Software Component
CSCI - Computer Software Configuration Item
CSIRT - Computer Security Incident Report Team
CSIS - Control and Schedule Interface System
CSR - Capture Success Rate, Capture Success Ratio
CSU - Computer Software Units
CSV - Comma Separated Values
CTE - Calibration Test Equipment or Compatibility Test Equipment
CTP - Command and Telemetry Processors
CTS - Capture Transfer Subsystem
CTV - Compatibility Test Van
CV - Command Verification or Cost Variance
CV-5 - Calibration and Validation 5
CV-7 - Calibration and Validation 7
CVCDU - Coded Virtual Channel Data Unit
CVCM - Collected Volatile Condensable Material or Collected Volatile Condensable Mass
CVDQA - Calibration Validation Data Quality Assurance
CVE - Calibration Validation Element
CVS - Concurrent Versions System
CVT - Calibration and Validation Team
CVTK - Calibration / Validation Tool Kit
CVTKRD - Calibration and Validation Toolkit Requirements Document
CVWG - Calibration-Validation Working Group
CW - Continuous Wave
CWBS - Contractor Work Breakdown Structure
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