CDA
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CDA, Cda, or CdA may refer to:
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In education
- Central Delta Academy, a private school in Mississippi
- Certified dental assistant, in the United States
- Child Development Associate, a credential in the early care and education
- Communicative Disorders Assistant, a credential in assisting a registered Audiologist or Speech Language Pathologist, in Canada
- Coram Deo Academy, a private Christian school in Flower Mound, Texas
In law and government
=Government agencies=
- Capital Development Authority, a kind of government entity
- Capital Development Authority (Islamabad), the Capital Development Authority of Pakistan
- Combined Development Agency, a uranium purchasing authority run by the US and UK government from 1948
- Canadian Defence Academy, an organization in the Canadian Forces
=Laws=
- Communications Decency Act, a US law found partially unconstitutional
- Crime and Disorder Act 1998, a UK law
=Other uses in law and government=
Organizations
=Political parties and lobbying groups=
- Christian Democratic Alliance (South Africa)
- Christian Democrats of America, a Christian democratic organization in the US
- Christian Democratic Appeal, a Christian democratic party in the Netherlands
- College Democrats of America, the official youth outreach arm of the US Democratic Party
- Conservative Democratic Alliance, in the UK
=Other organizations=
- Catholic Daughters of the Americas, a Catholic women's charitable organization
- Canadian Dental Association, an association of dentists in Canada
- Diabetes Canada, which was known until 2017 as the Canadian Diabetes Association
- Chittagong Development Authority
- Club de Deportes Antofagasta, a Chilean football club
- Chinese Daoist Association
In science and technology
=In chemistry=
- Chiral derivatizing agent, a type of chemical designed to react with enantiomers to indicate the enantiopurity
- Completely denatured alcohol, the most heavily denatured alcohol
=In computing=
- ".cda", a filename extension for a Compact Disc Audio track
- Cellular digital accessory, a means to identify the software version of a mobile phone
- Red Book (audio CD standard), Compact Disc Audio, the standard format for a CD
- Content Delivery Application, a component of a typical content management system
=In health and medicine=
- Canadian Dental Association, an association of dentists in Canada
- Diabetes Canada, which was known until 2017 as the Canadian Diabetes Association
- Chlorproguanil/dapsone/artesunate, an antimalarial drug
- Clinical Document Architecture, a healthcare documentation standard
- Congenital dyserythropoietic anemia, a blood condition
- Cytidine deaminase, an enzyme
- Communicative disorders assistant, a profession
=In spaceflight=
- Command and data acquisition station, in spacecraft operations
- Cosmic dust analyzer, an instrument on the Cassini–Huygens spacecraft
=In mathematics=
- Cantor's diagonal argument, a proof technique in set theory
=Other uses on science and technology=
- Canonical discriminant analysis, a type of linear discriminant analysis
- Cda, abbreviation for the orchid genus Cochlioda, a synonym of Oncidium
- Continuous descent approach, an aircraft approach method designed to reduce fuel burn and noise
- Controlled droplet application, a concept for improving the efficiency of pesticide application
- {{CdA}} or drag area, the product of the drag coefficient and a reference area
- {{CdA}}, the drag area in automobile aerodynamics
- Current differencing amplifier, amplifier taking current difference as input and voltage as output
Other uses
- Child Detection Agency, in Disney Pixar Monster's Inc.
- Caran d'Ache (company), a Swiss fine arts products company
- Cardinia Road railway station, Melbourne
- Coeur d'Alene (disambiguation), multiple meanings
- {{lang|es-DO|Compañia Dominicana de Aviación}}, an airline from the Dominican Republic
- Critical discourse analysis, in critical theory
- Chantiers de l'Atlantique, French shipyard
- Compressed Dry Air, term used in manufacturing and industry
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